21.   Syndrome X is a concurrence of several metabolic disorders, including obesity, insulin resistance, elevated blood insulin concentration and abnormal blood lipids combined with high blood pressure.

22.   Studies have shown that insulin resistance most often results from overweight and obesity, the prevalence of which has been soaring.

23.   Such rises in cortisol are typical of the aging process, and are associated with adverse health effects, including insulin resistance and memory impairment.

24.   The best way to lower blood sugar in type II diabetics is to lower insulin resistance through weight loss and exercise.

25.   The development of insulin resistance in the beta cells is apparently analagous to the development of such resistance in distant tissues and organs, the researchers say.

26.   The harmful effects include immune-system impairment and insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes.

27.   They more often have metabolic disorders marked by obesity and insulin resistance, similar to the so-called Syndrome X that puts people at risk of heart disease.

28.   This causes insulin resistance in diabetics, and researchers suggest that some obese people might have leptin resistance.

29.   When insulin resistance develops, cells no longer take in glucose efficiently and are starved of energy.

30.   You may have heard claims from promoters of popular diets that insulin resistance causes obesity.