Cancer, diabetes findings unlocked by world's most ethnically diverse study | University of Hawaiʻi System News
MEC) Study. The development of type-2 diabetes has been linked to visceral adipose tissue ( VAT) or intra-abdominal fat, particularly in Japanese Americans with ectopic adipose tissue ( EAT), excess fat in locations that are not commonly associated with fat storage. This recent finding is one of hundreds informed by data from the MEC since its launch in 1993. A publication highlighted this new research, noting in many ethnic groups, obesity is often associated with type-2 diabetes. Conversely, Japanese Americans have relatively low body mass index levels but tend to have higher levels of V...
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