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by gitfan86 702 days ago
Type 2 has had a high correlation with obesity and high carb diets.
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But interestingly also a very high genetic factor with 90% of identical twins both having T2DM (which is greater than that of type 1 which if I remember correctly is 40%)
> very high genetic factor with 90% of identical twins both having T2DM

Or both not having it, I hope?

Sounds like Nature vs nurture to me. Until there is a proposed genetic marker... it's just another item confusing the public about correlation vs causation.