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In our body we can find different types of fats, one of them is brown fat or brown fat: a type of adipose tissue that is metabolically very active and consumes energy to generate heat. In general, we have brown fat when we are children and we lose it with age.
A new study with 52,000 people points out that this type of fat can protect us from diseases: those who had detectable brown fat were less likely than their peers to suffer from heart and metabolic conditions ranging from type 2 diabetes to coronary artery disease, which develops when the main blood vessels that supply the heart become damaged or damaged.
The largest studio
In collaboration with Heiko Schoder and Andreas Wibmer At Memorial Sloan Kettering, researchers reviewed 130,000 PET scans from more than 52,000 patients and found the presence of brown fat in nearly 10 percent of people.
Several common and chronic diseases were less common among people with detectable brown fat. For example, only 4.6 percent had type 2 diabetes, compared to 9.5 percent of people who had no detectable brown fat. Similarly, 18.9 percent had abnormal cholesterol, compared to 22.2 percent in those without brown fat.
Additionally, the study revealed three more conditions for which people with brown fat have a lower risk: hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease—links that had not been seen in previous studies.
The study, by far the largest of its kind in humans, confirms and expands the health benefits of brown fat suggested by previous studies.
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Brown fat may protect against numerous chronic diseases, according to the largest study on the subject
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Prediabetes means you have a higher than normal blood glucose level. It's still not high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes, but without lifestyle changes, Adults and children with prediabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
A new classification may help in the future to prevent the manifestation of diabetes or the development of diabetes complications through targeted prevention.
six types
Not all prediabetes are the same: there would be six clearly distinguishable subtypes, which differ in the development of the disease, the risk of diabetes and the development of secondary diseases, as suggested A study from the Research Institute of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) at Helmholtz Zentrum München; at the University of Tübingen, University Hospital Tübingen; and the German Diabetes Research Center (DZD).
The people who participated in the study come from the Tübingen Family Study and the Tübingen Lifestyle Program study. They have repeatedly undergone intensive clinical, laboratory chemical, MRI and genetic examinations in Tübingen for the last 25 years.
Based on key metabolic parameters such as blood glucose levels, liver fat, body fat distribution, blood lipid levels and genetic risk, the researchers were able to identify six subtypes of prediabetes.
A differentiated classification of prediabetes and diabetes allows for individual and early prevention and therapy of diabetes and its secondary diseases in a way adapted to the development of the disease.
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A new classification is suggested for the types of prediabetics and there are up to six different ones
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Sergio Parra
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The current pandemic, together with confinements, produces anxiety. And many people combat anxiety by eating, especially high-fat or sugary foods.
Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, they wanted to check if college-age people also overeat in these times of uncertainty. Women were more likely to engage in these behaviors.
Greater frustrated social affiliation
Young adults may be particularly susceptible to mental health issues related to the pandemic, partly due to a higher level of interest in social affiliations.
The scientists used data from an ongoing study that included participants' weight in October 2018 and 2019, and then again in May and July 2020. The researchers found that almost half of the 1,820 students who were surveyed used foods for confront the pandemic.
Approximately 48% of study participants reported one or more unhealthy eating behaviors. Using food to cope with the pandemic was also associated with weight gain, especially for young adults with a higher starting weight.
Not only were women more likely to engage in these behaviors, people who had previously had higher depression were more likely to engage in these behaviors.
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Pandemic and food: calories are the relief for many people from the anxiety caused by the pandemic, especially in women
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Xataka Science
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Sergio Parra
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