Diabetes and Your Weight| Diabetes and Your Weight |
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| Written by our Pharmacist & Diabetes Educator |
| Monday, 06 July 2009 12:45 |
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It is now known that abdominal obesity significantly increases the risk of obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, abnormal cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, vascular disease, fatty liver and some cancers. Viscerl fat provides the highest risk followed by abdominal fat Dunning & Ward 2008). It is thought that 40 to 60 percent of obesity may be inherited through obesity genes that influence body weight along with environmental influence (Chagnon et al. 2000). The body mass index (BMI) is regarded as a measure of abdominal obesity, and a score of > 30 indicates excess fat (obesity) (Moyas 2007). Obesity is a significant global health problem |
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