Aging

Insulin resistance, weight gain lead to early aging

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 13th, 2005

Tulane University researchers are the first to demonstrate a biological link between insulin resistance, weight gain and signs of early aging in the blood. Obesity has long been known to result in early death, but researchers don't fully understand the process of aging at the cellular level.

In a study published in Circulation, Tulane University researchers demonstrated that people with insulin resistance and weight gain also have prematurely shortened white blood cell telomeres - a widely recognized sign of aging. Telomeres are part of each chromosome and naturally become shorter over time as cells multiply and reproduce.

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2005-06-13)

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