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Data from Charles University, Department of Internal Medicine II provide new insights into obesity and diabetes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 31st, 2007

A report, 'Analysis of factors influencing nitrogen balance during acute starvation in obese subject with and without type 2 diabetes,' is newly published data in Clinical Nutrition. "Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) tend to loose more lean body mass during both long-term weight reduction and short-term very-low-calorie diet. We ask what factors influence protein loss during acute starvation in T2DM," scientists in Prague, Czech Republic report.

"In a prospective in-hospital observational study, we compared 10 subjects with T2DM and 10 age-weight-sex matched obese controls (OB) during 60 h of fasting and used frequent blood sampling and indirect calorimetry...

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