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20th March 2006 home xml feeds newsletter advertise accessibility contact Archive Search Medical Abbreviations How Excess Body Fat Can Lead to the Onset of Diabetes Main bmi Category: Diabetes News Article Date: 17 May 2005 - 6:00am (UK)One bmi out of 12 people in the western world suffers from type 2 bmi (adult onset) diabetes. Worldwide, 150 million people are diabetic and their numbers are expected to double in the next 20 years, a result of the growing obesity epidemic. Yet, the reasons for the strong correlation between excess body fat and diabetes have been puzzling researchers. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the University of Umea, Sweden, have now unraveled a mechanism by which fat contributes to the onset of the disease. Their results were published in the April issue of Cell Metabolism.
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