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Diabetes Therapy

Weight gain attributed to a 'glucose control-related effect' of insulin treatment

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 13th, 2006

'Glucose control-related' and 'nonglucose control-related' effects on weight gain are observed in newly insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients.

According to recent research from France, "Insulin use is common in type 2 diabetes and is frequently accompanied by weight gain, the composition of which is poorly understood. The present study evaluates insulin-induced body composition changes."

A. Salle and colleagues a the Center Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers explained, "Body weight and composition of 32 type 2 diabetic patients undergoing their first 12 months of insulin therapy were compared with those observed in thirty-two type 2 diabetic...

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