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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Abu Dhabi, UAE December 27 2012: A leading diabetes expert has warned about the compounded impact and risk of rising obesity and prevalence of type 1 diabetes in the Middle East.
In order to avoid the nightmare scenario that he calls 'double diabetes', Professor Paolo Pozzilli advised the medical community to understand how obesity is a leading risk factor for those genetically pre-disposed to type 1 diabetes. He warned that obesity accelerates insulin resistance and reduced insulin sensitivity, a factor that is demonstrated to drive the immune process typical in type 1 diabetes.
"Obesity accelerates the process known as beta cell reduction, and is a serious hazard for type 1 diabetes leading to a new observable trait or clinical entity - the presence of type 1 and type 2 in the same individual."
http://www.zawya.com/story/Obesity_Aggravates_Risks_of_Double_Diabetes-ZAWYA20121227055953/
In order to avoid the nightmare scenario that he calls 'double diabetes', Professor Paolo Pozzilli advised the medical community to understand how obesity is a leading risk factor for those genetically pre-disposed to type 1 diabetes. He warned that obesity accelerates insulin resistance and reduced insulin sensitivity, a factor that is demonstrated to drive the immune process typical in type 1 diabetes.
"Obesity accelerates the process known as beta cell reduction, and is a serious hazard for type 1 diabetes leading to a new observable trait or clinical entity - the presence of type 1 and type 2 in the same individual."
http://www.zawya.com/story/Obesity_Aggravates_Risks_of_Double_Diabetes-ZAWYA20121227055953/