Insulin Resistance

Rural Chinese women who reported late-onset menarche were 22% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes in adulthood when compared with similar women reporting menarche from age 16 to 17 years, according to an analysis of more than 15,000 women published in Menopause.

Alternate-day fasting lowered levels of fasting insulin and insulin resistance to a greater degree than calorie restriction among adults with overweight or obesity and insulin resistance, according to findings published in Obesity.