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01.10.2013 | Editorial
Targeting Hyperglycaemia with Anti-Obesity Drugs: Time for a Paradigm Shift?
verfasst von:
Andrew J. Krentz, Marcus Hompesch
Erschienen in:
Drugs
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Ausgabe 15/2013
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Excerpt
Excess adiposity, arising from a chronic imbalance of energy intake relative to expenditure, is regarded as a hallmark of type 2 diabetes. It is well established that whole-body insulin resistance results from the acquisition of surplus adipose tissue mass. In turn, insulin resistance is implicated in the deleterious cardiometabolic profile that is characteristic of type 2 diabetes [
1]. Voluntary decreases in body fat mass lead to improvements in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism together with reductions in blood pressure and markers of inflammation [
1,
2]. Accordingly, current international treatment guidelines for type 2 diabetes advocate reducing hyperglycemia using non-pharmacological means wherever possible [
3,
4]. …