Obesity causes diabetes in women : Study
Obesity poses a higher risk of type 2 diabetes in
women, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chronic kidney
disease in men, said a new study from the University of Oxford. “The study
shows just how harmful carrying excess weight can be to
human health, and that women and men may experience different diseases as a
result,” said the study’s first author Jenny Censin.
To identify additional causes of death made worse by
obesity, researchers performed an analysis that explores cause-and-effect
relationships using genetic data and three measures of obesity from 228,466
women and 195,041 men in the UK Biobank.
Their analysis showed that obesity contributes to a
laundry list of health problems including coronary artery disease, type 1 and 2
diabetes, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease, chronic liver disease and kidney failure.
While obesity causes type 2 diabetes in both women and
men, women experienced a higher risk of type 2 diabetes as compared to men,
while men faced a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and
chronic kidney disease.
“Given the compelling evidence of harm that arises as
a consequence of obesity across a broad range of diseases that result in death,
our findings highlight the critical need for public health measures to stem the
tide of obesity,” said researcher Michael Holmes, who supervised the work
together with researcher Cecilia Lindgren.
Overall, the study found that obesity causes or contributes
to the majority of the leading causes of death worldwide that are not linked to
the infectious diseases.
The impact of obesity, however, manifests differently
in men and women.
26.10.2019
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