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How many obese people do NOT develop t2d?
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<blockquote data-quote="phdiabetic" data-source="post: 1686038" data-attributes="member: 317494"><p>The question didn't seem insulting or aggressive at all - OP just seemed genuinely curious. And also, feeling upset about an undeserved illness is a totally understandable attitude. If you are thin/normal weight, eat well (even though people have different opinions on this), and don't do anything bad eg smoking, drinking, drugs, then a "why me" attitude is completely normal. It's terrible to find out that despite doing everything right, you still get a disease that isn't your fault and you had no control over. When I was a newly diagnosed T1 (and still to a lesser extent) that's exactly how I felt. There are also plenty of T2's who don't fit the stereotype, and as well as feeling like they got punished for something they didn't do, they also have to deal with social stigma of a T2 diagnosis (people often treat them a lot worse than they treat T1's). Nobody is wishing ill upon fat people, we are all here to support each other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phdiabetic, post: 1686038, member: 317494"] The question didn't seem insulting or aggressive at all - OP just seemed genuinely curious. And also, feeling upset about an undeserved illness is a totally understandable attitude. If you are thin/normal weight, eat well (even though people have different opinions on this), and don't do anything bad eg smoking, drinking, drugs, then a "why me" attitude is completely normal. It's terrible to find out that despite doing everything right, you still get a disease that isn't your fault and you had no control over. When I was a newly diagnosed T1 (and still to a lesser extent) that's exactly how I felt. There are also plenty of T2's who don't fit the stereotype, and as well as feeling like they got punished for something they didn't do, they also have to deal with social stigma of a T2 diagnosis (people often treat them a lot worse than they treat T1's). Nobody is wishing ill upon fat people, we are all here to support each other. [/QUOTE]
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