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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
New research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine sheds light on how overeating can cause a malfunction in brain insulin signaling, and lead to obesity and diabetes. Christoph Buettner, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease) and his research team found that overeating impairs the ability of brain insulin to suppress the breakdown of fat in adipose tissue.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121017153911.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121017153911.htm