Define
obesity as one of the leading causes of diabetes, a British study has
shown that waist circumference may serve as early warning bell to the
risk of diabetes, says the study, waist size, it may be useful to
identify those most susceptible to the disease among those who suffer
from increased weight and obesity.
The
specialists of the University "adenbrok" in the United Kingdom, measure
waist size and body mass index (BMI) to 30,000 euro in average age and
followed them for about 17 years. Researchers
found that participants with a slight increase in weight and have a
great lap around 40 inches for males and 35 inches for women, at the
beginning of the study, are more likely to develop type II diabetes.
Ten
years later, seven per cent of the participants, 4.4 per cent of the
participants in the study, those who suffer from increased weight and
their waist circumference increased, diabetes, and a comparison of the
researchers to link the trio between diabetes and body mass index and
waist size, the scientists found that the latter is closely linked to
the disease.
Dr.
Abraham Thomas Chief of Endocrinology and diabetes at Henry Ford
hospital in Detroit, "visceral fat surrounding the abdominal organs and
intestines produce too much hormone, the consequences make the body
resistant to insulin."
And the study, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, the importance of waist circumference as a factor for predicting risk of diabetes
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