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Hi Scardoc
Saying that being overweight is a major risk factor for T2d is putting the cart before the horse. Over weight is caused by an unbalanced diet, an unbalanced lifestyle or a combination of both. If as a consequence we contract T2d then it is due to those factors, not by being overweight.
I would go even further, and say that most people (in countries subject to the 'diabetes epidemic') are living an unbalanced lifestyle and eating an unbalanced diet. The ones who become overweight and/or develop type 2 diabetes do so because they are less physically able to tolerate that lifestyle/diet.
As @statistical says, weight gain is a symptom, not the cause.