Insulin translates unfavourable lifestyle into obesity

Insulin translates unfavourable lifestyle into obesity

Abstract Lifestyle factors conferring increased diabetes risk are associated with elevated basal insulin levels (hyperinsulinaemia). The latter predicts later obesity in children and adolescents. A causal role of hyperinsulinaemia for adipose tissue growth is probable because pharmacological reducti...

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Main Authors: Hubert Kolb, Michael Stumvoll, Werner Kramer, Kerstin Kempf, Stephan Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Insulin
Hyperinsulinaemia
Obesity
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Lipolysis
Lifestyle
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1225-1

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