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<blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1622302" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>It really depends on the health of the person as a whole I think. For me personally I have had fluctuating weight over the years. I've been both fat and slim a few times. When I was diagnosed with diabetes I was also diagnosed with PCOS the same day. Of course PCOS is also a hormonal condition which causes weight gain (although I've met slim people with PCOS as well... so not everyone gets the weight issue). I also got told I had metabolic disorder and that's still written down as one of my diagnoses with my docs surgery. I don't even view that as a diagnosis myself... it's just saying I have a bunch of conditions which affects my metabolism. In my own family I'm not the only type 2 diabetic, but interestingly enough I'm the only type 2 diabetic that has had ongoing weight problems, the rest of them are slim and always have been. So type 2 for them wasn't caused by being obese. For me I was told PCOS triggered diabetes as it's one of the precursors... they said 50% of women with it will get diabetes. Apparently I had that disease undiagnosed for years. I'm thinking I probably had diabetes undiagnosed for a bit as well. So I don't think it's a clear cut correlation with obesity and diabetes.... as previous poster mentioned that not all obese people have diabetes either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mep, post: 1622302, member: 211362"] It really depends on the health of the person as a whole I think. For me personally I have had fluctuating weight over the years. I've been both fat and slim a few times. When I was diagnosed with diabetes I was also diagnosed with PCOS the same day. Of course PCOS is also a hormonal condition which causes weight gain (although I've met slim people with PCOS as well... so not everyone gets the weight issue). I also got told I had metabolic disorder and that's still written down as one of my diagnoses with my docs surgery. I don't even view that as a diagnosis myself... it's just saying I have a bunch of conditions which affects my metabolism. In my own family I'm not the only type 2 diabetic, but interestingly enough I'm the only type 2 diabetic that has had ongoing weight problems, the rest of them are slim and always have been. So type 2 for them wasn't caused by being obese. For me I was told PCOS triggered diabetes as it's one of the precursors... they said 50% of women with it will get diabetes. Apparently I had that disease undiagnosed for years. I'm thinking I probably had diabetes undiagnosed for a bit as well. So I don't think it's a clear cut correlation with obesity and diabetes.... as previous poster mentioned that not all obese people have diabetes either. [/QUOTE]
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