• DOI:10.1016/j.plipres.2008.10.002
Corpus ID: 21892183

Dietary fats and prevention of type 2 diabetes.

@article{Risrus2009DietaryFA,
  title={Dietary fats and prevention of type 2 diabetes.},
  author={U. Ris{\'e}rus and W. Willett and F. Hu},
  journal={Progress in lipid research},
  year={2009},
  volume={48 1},
  pages={
          44-51
        }
}

U. Risérus, W. Willett, F. Hu

Published 2009

Biology, Medicine

Progress in lipid research

Although type 2 diabetes is determined primarily by lifestyle and genes, dietary composition may affect both its development and complications. Dietary fat is of particular interest because fatty acids influence glucose metabolism by altering cell membrane function, enzyme activity, insulin signaling, and gene expression. This paper focuses on the prevention of type 2 diabetes and summarizes the epidemiologic literature on associations between types of dietary fat and diabetes risk. It also… CONTINUE READING

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