Robert Lustig MD: Even Thin People Get Type 2 Diabetes — It’s Not About Obesity, It’s Metabolic
29 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Robert Lustig argues that obesity is commonly (mistakenly) framed as the primary cause of metabolic disease such as type 2 diabetes. He cites recent trends showing a large increase in diabetes prevalence among lean adults (BMI<30), while increases in overweight adults are much smaller, arguing that diabetes incidence is rising particularly in normal-weight people.










