Obesity has long been regarded as a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the results of 2004 study suggest the opposite. Researchers discovered that insulin resistance primarily occurs in the muscle tissues of lean people at risk for diabetes. They concluded that this resistance is the cause of fat accumulation related to type 2 diabetes.

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