Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Weight gain in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients has become a clinical problem due to less strict diets and more stringent glycemic targets. Thus, the number of overweight T1D in the USA increased from 3.4% in 1988 to 22.7% in 2007. Hyperinsulinism is involved in the genesis of obesity but in T1D, the impact of insulin therapy in weight gain is not established. Islet transplantation, now reimbursed in France, makes it possible to interrupt insulin. The aim of this wor...