Related video A collaborative study by a team of Connecticut researchers shows there is a strong connection between food insecurity and insulin resistance, the underlying problem in type 2 diabetes. Insulin resistance occurs when cells are not able to respond normally to the hormone insulin. The research by UConn School of Medicine, UConn School of […]
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Related video New research funded by Diabetes UK has reversed scientists’ previous understanding of how Type 2 diabetes develops in black African people. Scientists currently believe that Type 2 diabetes develops because the body stops responding properly to the insulin it produces over time. This is called insulin resistance. But this study, published in Diabetologia, […]
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Related video A 10 per cent tax on sugary drinks has cut the purchase and consumption of sugary drinks by an average of 10 per cent in places it has been introduced, a just published major review has found. Researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, combined evidence from settings where a sugary […]
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