PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hoyle, Brian
ED  - Van Gaal, Luc
TI  - Targeting Abdominal Obesity in Diabetology
DP  - 2013 Dec 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 18--19
VI  - 13
IP  - 16
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/16/18.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/16/18.full
AB  - Persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus, especially the obese, tend to have more visceral fat than persons with type 1 [Gallager D et al. Am J Clin Nutr 2009]. The hallmarks of diabetes are obesity and weight gain, mainly involving abdominal fat, and approaches to addressing these are discussed in this article. Other topics include the targeting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and waist circumference and the risk of cardiovascular disease.