Global pandemics interconnected — obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19

Metabolically Healthy Obesity

(2020) Matthias Blüher   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

COVID-19: Gastrointestinal manifestations and potential fecal-oral transmission

(2020) Jinyang Gu et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Evidence for gastrointestinal infection of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Fei Xiao et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China

(2020) Zunyou Wu et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome

(2020) Zhe Xu et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Lifestyle risk factors, inflammatory mechanisms, and COVID-19 hospitalization: A community-based cohort study of 387,109 adults in UK

(2020) Mark Hamer et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Ketogenic Diets Alter the Gut Microbiome Resulting in Decreased Intestinal Th17 Cells

(2020) Qi Yan Ang et al.   CELL

Structure, Function, and Antigenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein

(2020) Alexandra C. Walls et al.   CELL

SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

(2020) Markus Hoffmann et al.   CELL

Association of Blood Glucose Control and Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 and Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes

(2020) Lihua Zhu et al.   Cell Metabolism

Description and Proposed Management of the Acute COVID-19 Cardiovascular Syndrome

(2020) Nicholas S. Hendren et al.   CIRCULATION

ACE2 Expression in Pancreas May Cause Pancreatic Damage After SARS-CoV-2 Infection

(2020) Furong Liu et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Patients with diabetes are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19

(2020) G. Targher et al.   DIABETES & METABOLISM

Obesity and COVID-19 Severity in a Designated Hospital in Shenzhen, China

(2020) Qingxian Cai et al.   DIABETES CARE

Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Greater COVID-19 Severity

(2020) Feng Gao et al.   DIABETES CARE

COVID ‐19 infection may cause ketosis and ketoacidosis

(2020) Juyi Li et al.   DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM

Newly diagnosed diabetes is associated with a higher risk of mortality than known diabetes in hospitalized patients with COVID ‐19

(2020) Huiqing Li et al.   DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM

Phenotypic characteristics and prognosis of inpatients with COVID-19 and diabetes: the CORONADO study

(2020) Bertrand Cariou et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Decline of acute coronary syndrome admissions in Austria since the outbreak of COVID-19: the pandemic response causes cardiac collateral damage

(2020) Bernhard Metzler et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Myocardial localization of coronavirus in COVID‐19 cardiogenic shock

(2020) Guido Tavazzi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Risk of severe illness from COVID-19 in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and increased fibrosis scores

(2020) Giovanni Targher et al.   GUT

Pulmonary and systemic involvement of COVID‐19 assessed by ultrasound‐guided minimally invasive autopsy

(2020) Amaro Nunes Duarte‐Neto et al.   HISTOPATHOLOGY

Predicting mortality due to SARS-CoV-2: A mechanistic score relating obesity and diabetes to COVID-19 outcomes in Mexico

(2020) Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Single cell RNA sequencing analysis did not predict hepatocyte infection by SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Vincent De Smet et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement

(2020) Mohammed Eslam et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

TH17 responses in cytokine storm of COVID-19: An emerging target of JAK2 inhibitor Fedratinib

(2020) Dandan Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION

Kidney disease is associated with in-hospital death of patients with COVID-19

(2020) Yichun Cheng et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

The Novel Coronavirus 2019 epidemic and kidneys

(2020) Saraladevi Naicker et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Renal histopathological analysis of 26 postmortem findings of patients with COVID-19 in China

(2020) Hua Su et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages

(2020) David A Kass et al.   LANCET

Comorbidities and multi-organ injuries in the treatment of COVID-19

(2020) Tianbing Wang et al.   LANCET

Endothelial cell infection and endotheliitis in COVID-19

(2020) Zsuzsanna Varga et al.   LANCET

COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression

(2020) Puja Mehta et al.   LANCET

SARS-CoV-2 and viral sepsis: observations and hypotheses

(2020) Hui Li et al.   LANCET

Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain bound to the ACE2 receptor

(2020) Jun Lan et al.   NATURE

Structural basis of receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Jian Shang et al.   NATURE

SARS-CoV-2 entry factors are highly expressed in nasal epithelial cells together with innate immune genes

(2020) Waradon Sungnak et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Obesity and impaired metabolic health in patients with COVID-19

(2020) Norbert Stefan et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19

(2020) Maximilian Ackermann et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Remdesivir for 5 or 10 Days in Patients with Severe Covid-19

(2020) Jason D. Goldman et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Hospitalization and Mortality among Black Patients and White Patients with Covid-19

(2020) Eboni G. Price-Haywood et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Untold Toll — The Pandemic’s Effects on Patients without Covid-19

(2020) Lisa Rosenbaum   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Clinical Characteristics of Covid-19 in New York City

(2020) Parag Goyal et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Multiorgan and Renal Tropism of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Victor G. Puelles et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Morbid Obesity as an Independent Risk Factor for COVID‐19 Mortality in Hospitalized Patients Younger than 50

(2020) Eyal Klang et al.   Obesity

High prevalence of obesity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

(2020) Arthur Simonnet et al.   Obesity

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

(2020) Abdulzahra Hussain et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes

(2020) Mart M. Lamers et al.   SCIENCE

Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study

(2020) Annemarie B Docherty et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness among 5279 people with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York City: prospective cohort study

(2020) Christopher M Petrilli et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Bariatric and metabolic surgery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: DSS recommendations for management of surgical candidates and postoperative patients and prioritisation of access to surgery

(2020) Francesco Rubino et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Glucose-lowering drugs or strategies, atherosclerotic cardiovascular events, and heart failure in people with or at risk of type 2 diabetes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised cardiovascular outcome trials

(2020) Olivia R Ghosh-Swaby et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Myocardial Injury and Mortality

(2020) Robert O. Bonow et al.   JAMA Cardiology

A conceptual model for understanding the rapid COVID-19–related increase in food insecurity and its impact on health and healthcare

(2020) Anna M Leddy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Mortality due to COVID-19 in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

(2020) Rita de Cássia Menezes Soares et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Obesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: Results From an Integrated Health Care Organization

(2020) Sara Y. Tartof et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Body Mass Index and Risk for Intubation or Death in SARS-CoV-2 Infection

(2020) Michaela R. Anderson et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Risk Factors for Intensive Care Unit Admission and In-hospital Mortality among Hospitalized Adults Identified through the U.S. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET)

(2020) Lindsay Kim et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Increased Hepatic ACE2 Expression in NAFL and Diabetes—A Risk for COVID-19 Patients?

(2020) Jelena Soldo et al.   DIABETES CARE

Admission fasting blood glucose predicts 30‐day poor outcome in patients hospitalized for COVID ‐19 pneumonia

(2020) Bin Zhang et al.   DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM

Fasting blood glucose at admission is an independent predictor for 28-day mortality in patients with COVID-19 without previous diagnosis of diabetes: a multi-centre retrospective study

(2020) Sufei Wang et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

The impact of COVID ‐19 on heart failure hospitalization and management: report from a Heart Failure Unit in London during the peak of the pandemic

(2020) Daniel I. Bromage et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Risk of severe COVID-19 disease with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: cohort study including 8.3 million people

(2020) Julia Hippisley-Cox et al.   HEART

Abnormal Liver Tests in COVID‐19: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 1827 Patients in a Major U.S. Hospital Network

(2020) Melanie A. Hundt et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Abnormal liver function tests in COVID‐19 patients: relevance and potential pathogenesis

(2020) Anna Bertolini et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

(2020) W. Joost Wiersinga et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

(2020) Clemens Kamrath et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Admissions to Veterans Affairs Hospitals for Emergency Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(2020) Aaron Baum et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Recovery From Severe COVID-19

(2020) Hallie C. Prescott et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Precision Nutrition—the Answer to “What to Eat to Stay Healthy”

(2020) Griffin P. Rodgers et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19

(2020) Angelo Carfì et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Impaired glucose metabolism in patients with diabetes, prediabetes, and obesity is associated with severe COVID‐19

(2020) Stephen M. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection

(2020) Anuradha Lala et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Myocardial Injury in COVID-19 Patients

(2020) Nir Uriel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer deaths due to delays in diagnosis in England, UK: a national, population-based, modelling study

(2020) Camille Maringe et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Liver histopathology in severe COVID 19 respiratory failure is suggestive of vascular alterations

(2020) Aurelio Sonzogni et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Metabolic‐associated fatty liver disease is associated with severity of COVID‐19

(2020) Yu‐Jie Zhou et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Visceral fat shows the strongest association with the need of intensive Care in Patients with COVID-19

(2020) Mikiko Watanabe et al.   METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL

The protein expression profile of ACE2 in human tissues

(2020) Feria Hikmet et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY

(2020) Elizabeth J. Williamson et al.   NATURE

Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19

(2020) Aakriti Gupta et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19

(2020) Gregory B. Lim   Nature Reviews Cardiology

COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease: from basic mechanisms to clinical perspectives

(2020) Masataka Nishiga et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic?

(2020) Christoffer Clemmensen et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

New-Onset Diabetes in Covid-19

(2020) Francesco Rubino et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Research in the Context of a Pandemic

(2020) H. Clifford Lane et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Audio Interview: The Impact of Covid-19 on Patients with Other Diseases, with Arnold Epstein

(2020) Eric J. Rubin et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 — Preliminary Report

(2020)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure

(2020) David Ellinghaus et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Visceral Adiposity and High Intramuscular Fat Deposition Independently Predict Critical Illness in Patients with Sars‐COV‐2

(2020) Yang Yang et al.   Obesity

Food insecurity, the home food environment, and parent feeding practices in the era of COVID‐19

(2020) Elizabeth L. Adams et al.   Obesity

Bariatric and metabolic surgery during COVID-19 outbreak phase 2 in Italy: why, when and how to restart

(2020) Giuseppe M. Marinari et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Marked T cell activation, senescence, exhaustion and skewing towards TH17 in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

(2020) Sara De Biasi et al.   Nature Communications

Covid-19: England’s obesity strategy will fail without tackling social factors, warn doctors

(2020) Elisabeth Mahase   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Estimation of SARS-CoV-2 mortality during the early stages of an epidemic: A modeling study in Hubei, China, and six regions in Europe

(2020) Anthony Hauser et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Risk Factors Associated With Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19 in Intensive Care Units in Lombardy, Italy

(2020) Giacomo Grasselli et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19

(2020) Stefan R Bornstein et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

COVID-19 in people with diabetes: understanding the reasons for worse outcomes

(2020) Matteo Apicella et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Causes, consequences, and treatment of metabolically unhealthy fat distribution

(2020) Norbert Stefan   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Protracted ketonaemia in hyperglycaemic emergencies in COVID-19: a retrospective case series

(2020) Eleni Armeni et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Risk factors for COVID-19-related mortality in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in England: a population-based cohort study

(2020) Naomi Holman et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Associations of type 1 and type 2 diabetes with COVID-19-related mortality in England: a whole-population study

(2020) Emma Barron et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Case characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of 10 021 patients with COVID-19 admitted to 920 German hospitals: an observational study

(2020) Christian Karagiannidis et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Outcomes of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients Recently Recovered From Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

(2020) Valentina O. Puntmann et al.   JAMA Cardiology

The laboratory tests and host immunity of COVID-19 patients with different severity of illness

(2020) Feng Wang et al.   JCI Insight

Elevation of blood glucose level predicts worse outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

(2020) Jianfeng Wu et al.   BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care

The detrimental effect of COVID‐19 nationwide quarantine on accelerometer‐assessed physical activity of heart failure patients

(2020) Tomas Vetrovsky et al.   ESC Heart Failure

Cardiometabolic Traits, Sepsis and Severe COVID-19: A Mendelian Randomization Investigation

(2020) Mark J. Ponsford et al.   CIRCULATION

Type 2 Diabetes and COVID-19–Related Mortality in the Critical Care Setting: A National Cohort Study in England, March–July 2020

(2020) John M. Dennis et al.   DIABETES CARE

Legal Interventions to Address US Reductions in Life Expectancy

(2020) Lawrence O. Gostin et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

The role of visceral adiposity in the severity of COVID-19: Highlights from a unicenter cross-sectional pilot study in Germany

(2020) Antonia Petersen et al.   METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL

How obesity could create problems for a COVID vaccine

(2020) Heidi Ledford   NATURE

Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

(2020) Barry M. Popkin et al.   Obesity Reviews

Clinical Outcomes in Young US Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19

(2020) Jonathan W. Cunningham et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Immunesenescence: A Predisposing Risk Factor for the Development of COVID-19?

(2020) Jon Hazeldine et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

(2020) et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

BMI as a Risk Factor for Clinical Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized with COVID‐19 in New York

(2020) Tara S. Kim et al.   Obesity

Depression as a Mediator of Chronic Fatigue and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Survivors

(2019) So Hee Lee et al.   Psychiatry Investigation

Obesity: global epidemiology and pathogenesis

(2019) Matthias Blüher   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Effect of a high-fat Mediterranean diet on bodyweight and waist circumference: a prespecified secondary outcomes analysis of the PREDIMED randomised controlled trial

(2019) Ramon Estruch et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Type 2 diabetes is associated with the accumulation of senescent T cells

(2019) E. Y. M. Lau et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Visceral and ectopic fat, atherosclerosis, and cardiometabolic disease: a position statement

(2019) Ian J Neeland et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Lipotoxicity and the gut-liver axis in NASH pathogenesis

(2018) Fabio Marra et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Mechanisms of action for the medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet in neurological and metabolic disorders

(2018) Katrin Augustin et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts

(2018) Ramón Estruch et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Cardiovascular and renal burdens of prediabetes in the USA: analysis of data from serial cross-sectional surveys, 1988–2014

(2018) Mohammed K Ali et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Metabolically healthy obesity: the low-hanging fruit in obesity treatment?

(2018) Norbert Stefan et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: causes, diagnosis, cardiometabolic consequences, and treatment strategies

(2018) Norbert Stefan et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK

(2018) Krishnan Bhaskaran et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Increased risk of influenza among vaccinated adults who are obese

(2017) S D Neidich et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Chronic Kidney Disease

(2017) Angela C Webster et al.   LANCET

Global burden of NAFLD and NASH: trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention

(2017) Zobair Younossi et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, and Management of Obesity

(2017) Steven B. Heymsfield et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Diet–microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism

(2016) Justin L. Sonnenburg et al.   NATURE

The impact of insulin resistance on the kidney and vasculature

(2016) Ferruh Artunc et al.   Nature Reviews Nephrology

Obesity decreases B cell responses in young and elderly individuals

(2016) Daniela Frasca et al.   Obesity

Phenotypes of prediabetes and stratification of cardiometabolic risk

(2016) Norbert Stefan et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Regulation of Obesity-Related Insulin Resistance with Gut Anti-inflammatory Agents

(2015) Helen Luck et al.   Cell Metabolism

Smart food policies for obesity prevention

(2015) Corinna Hawkes et al.   LANCET

Executive summary: Guidelines (2013) for the management of overweight and obesity in adults

(2014) et al.   Obesity

Immunogenicity of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine in patients with diabetes mellitus

(2014) Yumi Egawa et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

2013 AHA/ACC Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

(2013) Robert H. Eckel et al.   CIRCULATION

Mechanisms of thrombosis in obesity

(2013) Ilya O. Blokhin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN HEMATOLOGY

Long-term Drug Treatment for Obesity

(2013) Susan Z. Yanovski et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Overweight and obese adult humans have a defective cellular immune response to pandemic H1N1 Influenza a virus

(2013) Heather A. Paich et al.   Obesity

Metabolically healthy obesity: epidemiology, mechanisms, and clinical implications

(2013) Norbert Stefan et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, depression and disordered sleep in chronic post-SARS syndrome; a case-controlled study

(2011) Harvey Moldofsky et al.   BMC Neurology

Obesity is associated with impaired immune response to influenza vaccination in humans

(2011) P A Sheridan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Bidirectional association between depression and obesity in middle-aged and older women

(2011) A Pan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Diabetes Mellitus, Fasting Glucose, and Risk of Cause-Specific Death

(2011)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Binding of SARS coronavirus to its receptor damages islets and causes acute diabetes

(2009) Jin-Kui Yang et al.   ACTA DIABETOLOGICA

Metabolic Responses to Reduced Daily Steps in Healthy Nonexercising Men

(2008)   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION