# Corona virus, obesity, and insulin resistance

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/corona-virus-obesity-and-insulin-resistance/12287
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**Tags:** hyperglycemia, covid-19
**Created:** [January 19, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/corona-virus-obesity-and-insulin-resistance/12287 "2022-01-19T21:37:12Z")
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### Author: ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/corona-virus-obesity-and-insulin-resistance/12287/1 "2022-01-19T21:37:13Z")

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> **[The coronavirus may cause fat cells to miscommunicate, leading to diabetes](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-diabetes-fat-cells-blood-sugar)**
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> Researchers are homing in on a surprising cause of high blood sugar in COVID-19 patients and possibly what to do about it.

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### Author: ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/corona-virus-obesity-and-insulin-resistance/12287/2 "2022-01-19T23:01:32Z")

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An interesting counterpoint to the widescale coverage of the CDC release and the Science News article is from January 4 before even the early release of the CDC stuff (on January 7). Good to see that Science News quotes Utpal Pajvani’s cautionary statements, particularly the one about causality.