Diabetes, is a metabolic disease, and is one of the most common endocrine disorders affecting almost 6% of the world's population. This study intends to determine the prevalence of obesity and risk factors among type 2 diabetic patients, with the aimed of providing some possible measures to the finding in order to improve the level of health care rendered to the patients. This was a hospital-based retrospective study carried out at metabolic clinic of
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