Obesity and Diabetes
Research from University of Tokushima, Institute of Health Bioscience provides new data on obesity and diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 9th, 2007
New investigation results, "Early-phase insulin secretion is disturbed in obese subjects with glucose intolerance," are detailed in a study published in Metabolism. "The loss of early-phase insulin secretion is a characteristic feature of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study is to examine when impairment of early-phase insulin secretion occurs and whether it can be related to increase in insulin resistance caused by obesity," researchers in Tokushima, Japan report.
"We developed an analytical method to qualify the early-phase insulin secretion; that is, we measured C-peptide immunoreactivity (CPR) response to a selective increase in blood glucose level...
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