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https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/...
This site begins with:
"Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together, increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. These conditions include increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels."

"People who have metabolic syndrome typically have apple-shaped bodies, meaning they have larger waists and carry a lot of weight around their abdomens. It's thought that having a pear-shaped body that is, carrying more of your weight around your hips and having a narrower waist doesn't increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease and other complications of metabolic syndrome."
and continues:
"Having just one of these conditions doesn't mean you have metabolic syndrome. But it does mean you have a greater risk of serious disease. And if you develop more of these conditions, your risk of complications, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, rises even higher.

Metabolic syndrome is increasingly common, and up to one-third of U.S. adults have it. If you have metabolic syndrome or any of its components, aggressive lifestyle changes can delay or even prevent the development of serious health problems."

My "take" is that being over-weight CAN lead to diabetes; ESPECIALLY if the wight is carries around the middle of the body (apple shape).

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Metabolic syndrome: Increased risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes-Metabolic syndrome - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/metabolic-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20351916

I make a joke to myself when I have something physical or mental going on. "It must be the diabetes". Then I laugh and go on with the day after I bop the Beast a few times. My diabetes is genetic and sometimes I say out loud "Thanks, Mom" and then go on with my day.
It's diabetes. I have it. I can control it or not. I choose to control it as best as I can.

Many of us have heredity both genetic and life style that lead to our diabetes' diagnoses. That does not mean that these same factors may contribute to our mental health as well. Because they were not diagnosed together does not preclude two disorders from stemming from the same underlying issues.

I had mental illness long before I was diagnosed with diabetes. I believe my diabetes is hereditary. I'm just saying that every ache or pain doesn't necessarily have to be because of the diabetes, Margaret.

Two things here I didn't know. That diabetes can cause fatigue and also depression and anxiety. I do feel fatigued a lot of the time. I already have a mood disorder dating back to when I was 21 so I don't know if my depression for seemingly no reason is from that or the diabetes. From seeing the comments here for the last month or so it seems like many people attribute every symptom they have to their diabetic condition. The human body is capable of having more than one concerning condition at a time.