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Obesity and Diabetes
Research on obesity and diabetes published by scientists at St. Vincent's University
May 5th, 2009
According to a study from Dublin, Ireland, "With the emerging obesity pandemic, identifying those who appear to be protected from adverse consequences such as type 2 diabetes and certain malignancies will become important. We propose that the circulating immune system plays a role in the development of these comorbidities." "Clinical data and blood samples were collected from 52 patients with severe obesity attending a hospital weight-management clinic and 11 lean healthy controls. Patients were classified into metabolically ''healthy obese'' (n = 26; mean age 42.6 years, mean BMI 46.8 kg/m(2)) or ''unhealthy obese'' (n = 26; mean age 45 years, mean BMI 47.5 kg/m(2))...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-05)
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