I've met some pretty thin type-2 diabetics.  It looks to me that excess
fat around the waist is an indicator of diabetes because it is *caused
by the same thing* as diabetes, not because it *causes* diabetes.  But
then, if the media stopped abusing cause-and-effect mistakes it would
have nothing to report about food.

Working to combat obesity will improve all our health, but I doubt that
the removal of obesity will help us- more the removal of the things
that caused obesity along with all other modern health problems.

Ashley

On Nov 06, 2004, at 10:26 pm, Frances Ross wrote:

> Soounds to me as though he has extreme insulin resistance.
>
> http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/133/
> 133355_sparetyre_flab_link_to_diabetes.html
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> Tuesday, 12th October 2004
> Spare-tyre flab link to diabetes
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> Carrying a lot of fat around the stomach could quadruple the risk of
> developing diabetes and heart disease, experts warned today.