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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SSJ_Jup81" data-source="post: 2206433" data-attributes="member: 519178">Despite having had diabetes for nearly 20 years, I'm still not as educated on it as I should be. I've learned a lot by reading stuff online and here. I was always told that being overweight can cause one to become diabetic, but as mentioned, what about those who aren't who are diagnosed with diabetes? I know it has a lot to do with the pancreas and how it's not functioning in the way that it should, but having extra doesn't help that.  Even then, what about those who are obese or overweight who are not diabetic?I wish more would just be honest. It's not good to be a certain weight. Diabetes is non-discriminant just like other ailments.  In my case, I'm female who has PCOS (which causes insulin resistance and difficulty losing weight as well as conceiving) and I have a family history of diabetes. To my knowledge, my mother's paternal grandmother was a slim woman. My maternal grandfather was also slim and he was diabetic. I've never met them, but have seen photos. My father is diabetic and he's lost a lot of weight...he's still diabetic.I'm glad that there's more information online in regards to diabetes and how size really isn't a factor...it can play a role, but maybe not solely.</blockquote>

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