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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1225-1 |