Obesity Therapy

Identifying overweight patients who most benefit by weight loss important

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 21st, 2003

Identifying those overweight patients who are most likely to benefit by weight loss is important.

"Because being overweight increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease, the rapid increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States represents a major health problem," a scientist in the United States reports.

"The relationship between overweight and obesity and these conditions is probably due to insulin resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinemia," said Gerald M. Reaven at Stanford University. "However, although it is known that weight loss in insulin-resistant and hyperinsulinemic persons...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2003-04-21)

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