Up to Half of New Diabetes Cases in U.S. Are Linked to Obesity, Study Finds – Gizmodo

New research released Wednesday underscores the role of obesity in type 2 diabetes. It suggests that obesity plays a major factor in up to half of new diabetes cases that occur annually in the U.S.
The link between obesity and type 2 diabetesa condition where blood sugar levels become uncontrollable and stay too highis well established. But the authors say their new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, provides a more recent estimate on how often obesity contributes…

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