Research: Excess fat may put diabetes patients at greater risk

CHARLOTTE, N.C. According to research published last month in the "Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism", free fatty acids may be the leading factor in the development of insulin resistance and hypertension in obese patients.

In layman’s terms, there may be something to the fact that some 90% of newly diagnosed-diabetes patients are obese. And if obesity plays a leading role in the development of diabetes, then glucose may not be the only culprit in a diabetes diagnosis.