Obesity is a known risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. But it hasn't been clear whether the "dose" of obesity - how much excess weight a person has, and for how long - affects the risk of diabetes.Fat parents have fat kids.
A new University of Michigan Health System study of about 8,000 adolescents and young adults shows the degree and duration of carrying extra pounds are important risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood.
"Our study finds that the relationship between weight and type 2 diabetes is similar to the relationship between smoking and the risk of lung cancer," says study lead author Joyce Lee, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatric endocrinologist at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. "The amount of excess weight that you carry, and the number of years for which you carry it, dramatically increase your risk of diabetes."
Kudos, fatsos.
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