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Obesity is a more prominent risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes in women than in men, with a stronger association between increasing BMI and diabetes risk observed in females.
For women, maintaining a healthy weight is critically important for preventing type 2 diabetes, potentially more so than for men of the same BMI. Weight management strategies should be prioritized, as the link between excess weight and diabetes risk is stronger in females.
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Diabetic women, on the other hand, are more obese than diabetic men in most studies and a stronger association between increase of BMI and diabetes risk, despite similar curvilinear associations between increasing BMI and diabetes risk in both sexes (15).
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Sex and Gender Differences in Risk, Pathophysiology and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Alexandra Kautzky‐Willer et al. · Endocrine Reviews · 2016
DOI 10.1210/er.2015-1137
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