Obesity

Research from Mayo Clinic has provided new data on obesity

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 22nd, 2010

According to a study from the United States, "It is unclear whether adipocyte size or body fat distribution is most strongly linked to the metabolic complications of obesity. Our objective was to test whether adipocyte size better predicts metabolic characteristics of obesity than body composition."

"and Setting: We analyzed the relationship between metabolic and anthropometric data collected from 432 largely Caucasian research volunteers (264 women) participating in studies conducted in the Mayo General Clinical Research Center between 1995 and 2008. Metabolic variables included fasting plasma glucose, insulin, and triglyceride concentrations. Anthropometric variables...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2010-02-22)

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