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The Interaction between Metabolic Disease and Ageing

Journal: Global Journal of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome (Vol.1, No. 1)

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Page : 007-011

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Abstract

Two of the greatest crises that civilisation faces in the 21st century are the predicted rapid increases in the ageing population and levels of metabolic disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. A growing amount of evidence now supports the notion that energy balance is a key determinant not only in metabolism but also in the process of cellular ageing. Much of genetic evidence for a metabolic activity-driven ageing process has come from model organisms such as worms and flies where inactivation of the insulin receptor signalling cascade prolongs lifespan.

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