 [ Symptoms ] can arthritis spread  i was diagnosed with having arthritis in my lower back at the same time i was beginning to have symptoms in the middle of my back and now on the top of my back i was wondering if the arthritis is spreading through my back the symptoms are all the same and now it is affecting my whole back [ Disease ] no but it helps there are many people of normal weight that have diabetes but clearly if you were obese the chance of getting diabetes increases