... 2 diabetes may be modified by body weight Raquel Villegas1, Xiao Ou Shu1, Yu-Tang Gao2, Gong Yang1, Hui Cai1, Honglan Li2, Wei Zheng1 1. Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt ... and with diabetes complications in humans [25]. However, observed associations between processed meat consumption and type 2 DM may also reflect other unidentified factors. It may be possible ... risk of diabetes in participants with BMI<25 kg/m 2 or BMI between 25 and 30 kg/m2. We conducted further analysis to evaluate joint associations between meat intake and obesity categories...