Saturday, December 16, 2017
This HND piece examines the very neglected subject of type 2 diabetics who don't fit the usual profile of being overweight. Science tends to like neat, simple explanations, and the one about insulin resistance preventing further obesity is just too good to abandon—even if it does not apply in this case.
The claim is that skinny type 2s are about 15% of the total, but this is dubious. Any fattie who ever goes to a doctor has been tested, but there must be millions of normal weight folks who never have been tested. Why would they be?
Factors have been proffered for what causes type 2 in skinny people, but beyond fatty liver disease, the only one that makes sense—although it sounds like a cop-out—is genetics. If being obese runs in families, then being a skinny type 2 surely can, as well. Skinny type 2s respond to treatment a bit differently, as this is starting to get some attention...finally.
Read the complete article.
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