A large number of factors influence the relationship between obesity and diabetes and many of them are closely inter-related. That obesity on its own is not sufficient to cause…

The link between obesity prevalence and rates of diabetes in different populations was demonstrated by West with an increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes as the population becomes…

The prevalence of obesity is increasing throughout the world at an unprecedented rate. To be a healthy BMI, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is now to be in a minority in…

Introduction

It is clear that there is a global epidemic of obesity (World Health Organization, 2000) and the implications for diabetes of this epidemic are now starting to…