Weight and Diabetes: Partners in Crime

摘要

Just what you wanted to hear: another reason why being overweight is really, really bad for you. The recent surge in obesity in the United States has been accompanied by an equally alarming spike in cases of type-2 diabetes, a complex metabolic disease that affects the way the body uses and produces insulin. Type-2 diabetes, by far the most common kind, affects some 17 million American adults and can lead to a wide array of complications including blindness, kidney failure and heart disease.