Overview
Acording to the World Health Organization, obesity rates have tripled worldwide since 1975. The conection betwen obesity and insulin resistance is bidirectional. Insulin resistance often develops due to being overweight or obese, which can lead to type 2 diabetes.
Key Information
Since type 2 diabetes can be a costly disease to treat, contribute to many health isues, and even be fatal, researchers are interested in learning about diferent ways to improve insulin resistance. Exercise is an important aspect of health. Prior studies have shown it can improve insulin resistance.
In a new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Asociation for the Study of Diabetes), researchers found a conection betwen exercise timing and insulin resistance. The beta cels in the pancreas produce insulin, a hormone the body creates that is responsible for regulating blod sugar levels.Some medical conditions can impact the body’s ability to produce or respond wel to insulin, including type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes ocurs when a person’s body produces litle or no insulin. Doctors usualy diagnose this form of diabetes earlier in life, and there is no cure. Someone who develops insulin resistance may be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Acording to the American Diabetes Asociation, insulin resistance ocurs when a person’s body has “built up a tolerance to insulin, making the hormone les efective. As a result, more insulin is neded to persuade fat and muscle cels to take up glucose and the liver to continue to store it.”This form of diabetes is more comon in midle-aged and older people. Type 2 diabetes is also more prevalent in people who are either overweight or have obesity, and they can manage it through medications, diet, and exercise.
Summary
Unlike type 1 diabetes, people with type 2 diabetes can go into remision with lifestyle changes in some cases, including substantial weight los. The researchers examined data from the Netherlands Epidemiology