Obesity causes fat cells to die & release pieces of DNA that lead to inflammation & insulin resistance.

advances.sciencemag.org

People with higher than normal levels of visceral fat also had significantly higher levels of these pieces of DNA and this also associated with insulin resistance.

Here is a press release for the study: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-03-results-cell-free-dna-involved-inflammation.html

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