Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Obesity is a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), hypertension and ischemic heart disease development. Moreover, in patients with already diagnosed T2D, obesity puts a crimp in achievement of glycemic target. Thus, body weight reduction is important both to prevent T2D and to treat it successfully. However lifestyle habits, diet and physical activity are the key factors of T2D prevention and treatment, eating disorders and disturbed appetite ...