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Obesity and Diabetes
Research reports from H.E. Bays and co-authors provide new insights into obesity and diabetes
February 10th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Atherosclerotic coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality among men and women in developed nations. The obesity epidemic contributes to the increasing prevalence of high blood sugar (as may be found in patients with diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome), high blood pressure, and dyslipidemia-all CHD risk factors." "Metabolic syndrome describes the common clinical finding wherein component CHD risk factors cluster within a single patient, but this term does not identify any unified pathophysiologic process. However, a component of the metabolic syndrome is abdominal obesity,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-10)
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