Obesity and diabetes

How We Turn Food into Fuel

With more than 60 percent of the population either overweight or obese, weight gain is a problem that apparently affects most of us. The usual explanations for those extra few— or more— pounds range from, “The holidays killed my diet,” to, “I couldn’t get to the gym this week,” to, “My scale must be broken.”

Obesity/Fat Distribution and Main factors to be considered in a culturally oriented in patients with diabetes mellitus from diverse racial and ethnic groups

Another interesting biological difference among racial/ethnic groups is that related to obesity and in particular, the tendency to accumulate intra-abdominal fat. Abdominal obesity plays a major role in the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In particular, visceral fat is related to insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction. Abdominal obesity contributes to insulin resistance