Is it safe to say that obesity is a risk factor for diabetes but not a cause?
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A risk factor is anything that heightens your chance of getting said disease or complication, when you eventually get diabetes most likely one, multiple or even all of the risk factors could become a cause.
Smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer, if you smoke your chances of getting lung cancer increase.
If you have been a smoker for the last 20 years and you get lung cancer, odds are good that smoking is the cause for your lung cancer.
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