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Obesity — Immunity — Diabetes connection: Clinical presentation

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Looks at the epidemiology of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in children, the immune system involvement in obesity and its association with prediabetes and diabetes.

Posted on October 7, 2013

This video looks at the epidemiology of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in children, the immune system involvement in obesity and its association with prediabetes and diabetes, what goes wrong with insulin action in pre-diabetes (i.e. insulin resistance) and how links between the immune and metabolic systems influence insulin resistance.

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