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Review
. 2020 Oct 31;21(21):8178.
doi: 10.3390/ijms21218178.

Prevention of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Obesity

Lucia La Sala  1 , Antonio E Pontiroli  2
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Review

Prevention of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Obesity

Lucia La Sala et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

Obesity is one of the major risk factors for the development of both impaired glucose tolerance (IGT, or prediabetes) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), and its prevalence worldwide drives toward an increased rate of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Given the estimations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the recommendation of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), where IGT and diabetes are considered as risk factors for the development of cardiovascular complications and obesity, the development of diabetes should be treated because of its potential reversibility. In this view, several interventions such as diet, lifestyle changes, and pharmacological treatment are effective, including bariatric metabolic surgery (BMS), which is the most incisive way to efficiently lower body weight. In this review, we sought to summarize some of the major aspects linked to diabetes prevention in overweight/obesity, focusing on the use of surgery; we also attempted to elucidate molecular pathways involved in a variety of obesity-induced processes able to favor the progression of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and its complications.

Keywords: CVD; T2D; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular complications; diabetes; inflammation; metabolic syndrome; microRNA; obesity; prevention.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure A1
Major contributors of T2D/Obesity driving toward to dysregulation of target tissues.
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