Commentary sue that appears to be responsible for generating a state of low-grade
inflammation and insulin resistance that predisposes to type 2 diabetes. Adipose tissue …

Early attempts to understand the relationships between obesity, type 2 diabetes, and
cardiovascular disease focused on the waist-to-hip ratio as a means of distinguishing those …

Doran et al. randomized 150 adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and HbA1c 6–6.9 to< 40 g
dietary carbohydrate vs usual diet, leading at 6 months to À0. 23% fall in HbA1c, 10.3 mg/dl …

Adipose tissue dysfunction rather than excess adipose tissue mass (defined as obesity) is
mechanistically related to development of metabolic diseases traditionally linked to obesity …

Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus have been increasing worldwide, and are considered
to be related to physical inactivity and dysregulated eating behavior. Although …

Increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes is a major health problem of the modern world and
requires new diagnostic tools to assess early metabolic disorders, particularly insulin …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and relative
impairment in insulin secretion. Although the diagnostic criteria rely solely on measures of …

Obesity, the major cause of the current global epidemic of type 2 diabetes (T2D), induces
insulin resistance in peripheral insulin target tissues. Several mechanisms have been …

During production, an error was introduced to the results section of the abstract. The
sentence “Moreover,< 30% of patients classified as MHO according to fasting plasma …

Simultaneous increases in the incidence and prevalence of obesity have occurred in almost
all countries during the past three decades. The major drivers of the obesity pandemic have …