Question 142 of 433
Can a thin person be insulin resistant?
The short answer
Yes. Doctors sometimes call it “thin outside, fat inside.”
A person with slim arms and legs, a soft middle, and little muscle can have a fatty liver and high insulin with a normal weight. If diabetes runs in your family, or your triglycerides are high and your HDL is low, get tested whatever the scale says.
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ESTABLISHED CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE — Normal BMI does not exclude metabolic disease.Evidence grade (draft mapping)EEstablished clinical knowledgePart 11, Q142 · Part sources
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