Background Insulin resistance is a determining factor in the pathophysiology of type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Exercise is known to improve insulin resistance, but a systematic …

The importance of metabolic syndrome (MetS) lies in its associated risk of cardiovascular
disease and type 2 diabetes, as well as other harmful conditions such as nonalcoholic fatty …

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a collection of cardiometabolic risk factors that includes obesity,
insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Although there has been significant …

Rapidly changing dietary practices and a sedentary lifestyle have led to increasing
prevalence of childhood obesity (5–19 yr) in developing countries recently: 41.8% in Mexico …

We investigated the influence of resistance exercise (RE) with different intensities on HbA1c,
insulin and blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Diabetes trials that …

Asian Indians exhibit unique features of obesity; excess body fat, abdominal adiposity,
increased subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat, and deposition of fat in ectopic sites (liver …

Methods Searches were performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library.
Inclusion criteria were: type 2 diabetes mellitus, adult, supervised training and a minimum …

Overnutrition caused by overeating is associated with insulin and leptin resistance through
IKKβ activation and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the hypothalamus. Here we show …

Background: The prevalence of obesity and the metabolic syndrome is rapidly increasing in
India and other south Asian countries, leading to increased morbidity and mortality due to …

Aims/hypothesis Supervised exercise programmes improve glycaemic control in type 2
diabetes, but training characteristics associated with reduction in HbA 1c remain unclear …