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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Exposure to sunshine could slow down weight gain and the development of type 2 diabetes, research on mice suggests.
Writing in Diabetes, scientists from Edinburgh, Southampton and Australia found that shining UV light on overfed mice made them eat less.
But vitamin D, produced by the body in response to sunlight, did not appear to play a role, the study said.
More research is needed to find out if sunshine has the same effect in people, experts said.
The research team said their results should be interpreted cautiously because mice are nocturnal animals, covered in fur, which are not usually exposed to much sunlight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29743011
Writing in Diabetes, scientists from Edinburgh, Southampton and Australia found that shining UV light on overfed mice made them eat less.
But vitamin D, produced by the body in response to sunlight, did not appear to play a role, the study said.
More research is needed to find out if sunshine has the same effect in people, experts said.
The research team said their results should be interpreted cautiously because mice are nocturnal animals, covered in fur, which are not usually exposed to much sunlight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29743011