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Alert: Apple type obese women should be alert to diabetes

Caution: Apple type obese women should be alert to diabetes. The idea that obesity leads to diabetes has become common sense. A new study of obese women by Russian researchers has refined this conclusion: obese people who are similar to apples have a higher risk of diabetes, whereas obese people who are similar to pears are safer.

'Apple' obesity refers to the round waist and abdomen, like apples, fat mainly deposited in the abdominal subcutaneous and liver and other abdominal organs; while 'pear' obesity mainly concentrated in the buttocks and thighs, many of them are not fat in the upper body.

Researchers from the clinical and experimental medical center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences reported in the new issue of the Russian academic journal basic research that they classified 23 female obese people into the 'pear' type group according to body mass index and waist circumference hip circumference ratio, 10 women into the 'Apple' group, and 22 normal weight people into the control group.

The researchers tested the fasting blood glucose and blood insulin levels of the three groups of women, as well as the blood glucose and blood insulin levels after drinking glucose water.

Pinkhasov, who participated in the study, pointed out that the initial level of insulin in the 'Apple' group was the highest, but their tissue cells were not sensitive to the insulin that helped them absorb blood sugar, so they absorbed blood sugar more slowly, so the body had to constantly 'extract' free fatty acids as a source of energy. If this condition continues, obese people are more likely to develop diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

In contrast, in the 'pear' group, their insulin level is always at a high level, and their tissue cells are more sensitive to insulin, so they can actively absorb blood glucose. Although this will lead to obesity easy to hunger, eat more, difficult to lose weight, but because of its low postprandial blood glucose, so the possibility of developing diabetes or other metabolic diseases is low.

The researchers also pointed out that the above distinction between obesity types is not absolute. If obesity is not controlled, some 'pear' obesity will turn into 'Apple' obesity.