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Scientists at University of Florence report research in obesity and diabetes prevention

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 29th, 2008

Researchers detail in 'Time to insulin in type-2 diabetes: high hurdles or Santiago way,' new data in obesity and diabetes. "The prevalence of obesity has been increasing dramatically in the last decades; the major metabolic complication of obesity is insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes because there are pathogenetic mechanisms linking obesity and type-2 diabetes. Diabetes is also rapidly increasing worldwide; such a description of the key stages in the evolution of type-2 diabetes may be of great interest for implementing antidiabetes treatment," researchers in Firenze, Italy report.

"In recent times, type-2 diabetes therapy has been based on drugs, which improve...

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