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

Eckel, Robert H; Kahn, Steven E; Ferrannini, Ele; Goldfine, Allison B; Nathan, David M; Schwartz, Michael W; Smith, Robert J; Smith, Steven R
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism; 2011 Jun;96(6):1654-63. PMID: 21602457
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, and Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA. robert.eckel@ucdenver.edu
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beta cell pathophysiology
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Abstract

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.