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[h=1]One-Third of Slim American Adults Have Pre-Diabetes[/h] February 17, 2017 | 140,061 views
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By Dr. Mercola
It's often assumed that in order to develop type 2 diabetes, you have to be overweight. While it's true that excess weight is clearly associated with insulin resistance and diabetes, it's the insulin resistance ? not necessarily the weight gain ? that drives the disease.
As such, many people with a healthy weight are not metabolically healthy, putting them at risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes ? even without being overweight or obese.
One of the greatest risk factors, according to University of Florida researchers, is actually inactivity, which drives up your risk of pre-diabetes regardless of your weight...