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Effects of obesity on metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes following insulin initiation in patients with type 2 diabetes (2017)
Journal Article
Anyanwagu, U., Mamza, J., Donnelly, R., & Idris, I. (2018). Effects of obesity on metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes following insulin initiation in patients with type 2 diabetes. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 12(1), 72-84. doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2017.08.005

Objectives Insulin therapy induces weight gain but whether it causes long term adverse metabolic and CV outcomes in obese patients remains unclear. Methods A retrospective cohort study of 12,725 insulin initiators with T2D derived from UK Genera... Read More about Effects of obesity on metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes following insulin initiation in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Effects of short-term energy restriction on liver lipid content and inflammatory status in severely obese adults: results of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) using two dietary approaches (2017)
Journal Article
Baldry, E., Aithal, G. P., Kaye, P., Idris, I., Bennett, A., Leeder, P. C., & MacDonald, I. A. (2017). Effects of short-term energy restriction on liver lipid content and inflammatory status in severely obese adults: results of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) using two dietary approaches. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 19(8), https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.12918

Short-term very low energy diets (VLED) are used in clinical practice prior to bariatric surgery, however, regimens vary and outcomes for a short intervention are unclear. We examined the effect of two VLEDs; a food-based diet (FD) and meal replaceme... Read More about Effects of short-term energy restriction on liver lipid content and inflammatory status in severely obese adults: results of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) using two dietary approaches.