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Obesity and type-2 diabetes in the elderly.

Gerontology - 1 Jan 2000

Dewan Shivani, Wilding John P H

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Type-2 diabetes is common in the elderly and when compounded by obesity presents a major challenge for the physician. Obesity plays a central role in the aetiology and pathogenesis of type-2 diabetes. Body weight is determined by an interaction between genetic, environmental and psychosocial factors acting through the physiological mediators of energy intake and expenditure. Obesity is thought to predispose to...

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PMID: 12679603
DOI: 10.1159/000069176

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