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Message: <blockquote data-quote="badcat" data-source="post: 430202">Here's what I sent - got an automated response to say they'll respond within 5 daysFor a gp to spout simplistic and incorrect information regarding a serious disease is disgracefulDr Steele began with the comment that diabetes is of course caused by obesity - implying this is some kind of universal truth rathercthan his own ( apparently ill informed) perception. As well as being pejorative to diabetics such as myself,  the comment is scientifically and experientially flawed. There is considerable scientific debateabout the causative relationship between obesity and the metabolic changes that underpin Type 2 diabetes - ie to what extent the metabolic changes that are seen with diabetes are caused by or in themselves cause obesity. R Steele also conveniently forgot both that around 1/3 of T2 diabetics are not overweight and that there are several types of diabetes ( T 1, T1.5, T2, gestational etc)I rarely watch ITV - this kind of simplistic nonsense is the main reason</blockquote>

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