Obesity and diabetes mellitus – therapeutic problems

Ida Kinalska

eISSN: 2084-9877
ISSN: 1896-9666

Przegląd Kardiodiabetologiczny/Cardio-Diabetological Review

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4/2008
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Obesity and diabetes mellitus – therapeutic problems

Ida Kinalska

Przegląd Kardiodiabetologiczny 2008; 3, 4: 296–301

Online publish date: 2009/02/02

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We evaluate the global epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the 20th and the early 21st century. We take into consideration the genetic and environmental factors and their role in the development of obesity. We underline the role of central obesity in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease and take into consideration the current model of therapy.

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Obesity and diabetes mellitus – therapeutic problems

Ida Kinalska

diabetes mellitus, obesity, insulin, exenatide