Obesity and Pancreatic Distress
As a person gains weight the pancreas must work harder to produce more insulin to transport the excess calories....Metabolic signals coming from white adipose tissue, leptin and adiponectin, regulate pancreas beta cell fitness. A new study shows that as the weight problem worsens leptin levels rise too high while adiponectin levels fall. Once adiponectin levels fall, pancreatic fitness is lost and disease risk sets in....
