Obesity and type 2 diabetes: what can be unified and what needs to be individualized?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This report examines what is known about the relationship between obesity and type 2 diabetes and how future research in these areas might be directed to benefit prevention, interventions, and overall patient care.

Research design and methods

An international working group of 32 experts in the pathophysiology, genetics, clinical trials, and clinical care of obesity and/or type 2 diabetes participated in a conference held on 6-7 January 2011 and cosponsored by The Endocrine Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. A writing group comprising eight participants subsequently prepared this summary and recommendations. Participants reviewed and discussed published literature and their own unpublished data.

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SUBMITTER: Eckel RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3114323 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature