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Body composition and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes: an evolutionary perspective.

European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Jul 2017

Wells J C K

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Type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in prevalence worldwide, in concert with epidemics of obesity and sedentary behavior that are themselves tracking economic development. Within this broad pattern, susceptibility to diabetes varies substantially in association with ethnicity and nutritional exposures through the life-course. An evolutionary perspective may help understand why humans are so prone to this...

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PMID: 28352118
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.31

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