Twins With Significant Weight Diff. Shed Light On Metabolically Healthy Obesity

[Northerner]

A unique study of 16 pairs of identical twins in which one twin is obese and the other lean has yielded some surprising results. In 8 of the pairs of twins, the obese twin was as 'metabolically healthy' as his or her lean co-twin, while in the other 8 pairs, the obese twin had a poorer blood fat profile, higher liver fat and increased insulin production and resistance, and higher blood pressure -- all hallmarks of unhealthy obesity that can lead to diabetes, heart problems and other complications.

The study is by Dr Kirsi Pietil?inen, Dr Jussi Naukkarinen and colleagues from the Obesity Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, and is published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131006204207.htm

 

[Andy HB]

I don't think it is THAT surprising.

Clearly the 8, where there was no observable difference, are not genetically susceptible to metabolic disorders. The other 8 are.

Still, it is interesting.

Andy 🙂

 

[trophywench]

Wellll - used to know a T1 from S Wales who was a twin. He was middle aged by that time, and was tall and slim.

We went to his younger daughter's wedding, where we met the twin - identical! - except he was tall and very overweight so you'd never confuse them!

They'd both been having all sorts of tests at Guy's over the years for the Warren Repository. If anyone has ever heard of that by now .....