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"314 subjects..25% of the obese subjects had a high insulin sensitivity phenotype or metabolically benign obesity…[and] fasting insulin level turned out to be the strongest predictor." Stefan, N., Kantartzis, K., Machann, J., Schick, F., Thamer, C., Rittig, K., Balletshofer, B., et al. (2008). Identification and characterization of metabolically benign obesity in humans. Archives of internal medicine, 168(15), 1609–16. doi:10.1001/archinte.168.15.1609

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