Diabesity

Diabesity

Obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes have reached epidemic proportions. There’s not a person reading this article who isn’t affected by these conditions, either directly or indirectly. Yet as common as these conditions are, few people understand how closely they’re related to one another.

It is now clear that not only do these conditions share the same underlying causes – and thus require the same treatment – they are 100% preventable and, in some cases, entirely reversible.

Because of these similarities, Dr. Francine Kaufman coined the term diabesity (diabetes + obesity) to describe them. Diabesity can be defined as a metabolic dysfunction that ranges from mild blood sugar imbalance to full-fledged type 2 diabetes. Diabesity is a constellation of signs that includes:

• abdominal obesity (i.e. “spare tire” syndrome);
• dyslipidemia (low HDL, high LDL and high triglycerides);
• high blood pressure;
• high blood sugar (fasting above 100 mg/dL, Hb1Ac above 5.5);
• systemic inflammation; and,
• a tendency to form blood clots.

It’s almost impossible to overstate how serious and far-reaching a problem diabesity is. It affects more than one billion people worldwide, including 100 million Americans and 50% of Americans over 65. Recent statistics suggest that diabesity may already be the leading cause of chronic disease and death in the world, and its impact is expected to rise dramatically in the next 25 years.

In this series, we’re going to get the bottom of the diabesity epidemic. We’ll leave the conventional model of understanding diabesity – which is now about 40 years old – in the dust and replace it with an updated 2010 model that reflects the current scientific literature. We’re going to uncover the real causes of of diabesity, and we’re going to find out exactly how it can be prevented and even reversed in the majority of cases.

Articles

• Diabesity: The #1 Cause of Death and Disease?
• The Autoimmune-Inflammatory Model of Diabesity
• How Inflammation Makes You Fat and Diabetic (and Vice Versa)
• Not All Fat People Get Diabetes, and Not All Diabetics Are Fat
• There is no single cause of (or treatment for) obesity
• Reframing the obesity debate: cause/effect, genetics & robot clones
• Think Skinny People Don’t Get Diabetes? Think again.
• Are You At Risk For Diabetes and Obesity?
• The Top 3 Dietary Causes of Obesity & Diabetes
• 10 Ways Stress Makes You Fat & Diabetic
• A Healthy Gut is the Hidden Key to Weight Loss
• How Toxins Are Making Us Fat and Diabetic
• Why Your “Normal” Blood Sugar Isn’t Normal (Part 1)
• Why Your Normal Blood Sugar Isn’t Normal (Part 2)
• How To Prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease for $16
• How To Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes in 6 Minutes a Week
• Why It’s So Hard To Lose Weight – And Keep It Off
  

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Diabesity는

Diabetes와 Obesity를 합친 용어인데,

2004년부터 이러한 용어를 사용하기 시작했다.

비만자체가 당뇨병의 주요 원인이기도 하지만,

당뇨병 환자를 치료하는데 있어 체중이 증가하는 것도 중요한 문제이다.

Diabesity라는 용어는

그 자체가 당뇨병과 비만이 동반될 수 있다는 개념을 제시하면서

 비만이 선행원인으로 작용해 당뇨병이 될 수 있다는 개념도 포함하고 있다.