DIABETES Know your fact from fiction
Myth one
It’s caused by obesity
‘Four out of 10 people are in the overweight range’
Not everyone who has type 2 (T2) diabetes is obese. In fact, only half of those who have it are in the obese range. ‘There are 10% in the normal range,’ says Professor Roy Taylor, a leading diabetes expert. ‘And four out of 10 people are in the overweight range.’
Research by him and his team at Newcastle University suggests that T2 diabetes is caused, not by obesity specifically, but by the storage of too much
