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this morning we would like to dispel a commonly held myth that extra weight or obesity is the cause of type 2 diabetes. So often people

are told if you would just lose weight, you would get rid of your diabetes. Well, today we want to

help you understand that it's not necessarily always the extra weight that puts you at risk

for developing type 2 diabetes.

There's a lot of factors. We're going to talk about that throughout the entire show today.

Just to be clear, I'm not saying, you know, you should not try to maintain a normal weight,

but doing so is not necessarily the one cause of type 2 diabetes.

So we're going to talk about something called insulin resistance today.

And, you know, that is actually what leads to weight gain, which could eventually lead to

type 2 diabetes.

So what we're going to talk about today, maybe some new information to many of you.

I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Kara Carper. I'm a licensed nutritionist, a certified nutrition

specialist, and I have a master's degree in holistic health. And I'm excited to be here today

with my colleague, Teresa Wagner. Yes, I'm excited to be here too. So, Kara, where do you

think this myth or belief that weight causes diabetes actually come from? Well, to some extent,

you know, people with type 2 diabetes are often overweight, but not all of them.

Right. And many people are overweight because, really, because their cells no longer respond

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