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BY TONNY ABET<\/strong><\/p>\n A new report has shown a high prevalence of diabetes among lean people, contrary to the conventional picture that links the disease to obesity, a new report indicates.<\/p>\n Dr Davis Kibirige, a specialist in diabetes management, who led the diabetes study, told Daily Monitor that of the 500 study participants with type 2 diabetes, 160 (32percent) and 340 (68percent) were lean and non-lean, respectively.<\/p>\n Dr Kibirige is a researcher at the Medical Research Council\/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, in Entebbe. Lean people are those with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 25kg\/m2.<\/p>\n Type 2 diabetes presents with symptoms such as increased thirst, frequent, frequent urination, increased hunger, unintended weight loss, fatigue, blurred vision and tingling or numbness of the hands or feet.<\/p>\n Dr Kibirige said study dubbed the Uganda Diabetes Phenotype (UDIP) research, was done between February 2019 and October 2020 in Mengo, Rubaga, Nsambya, Masaka, Kirrudu, Kisubi and Namongona hospitals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY TONNY ABET A new report has shown a high prevalence of diabetes among lean people, contrary to the conventional picture that links the disease to obesity, a new report indicates. Dr Davis Kibirige, a specialist in diabetes management, who led the diabetes study, told Daily Monitor that of the 500 study participants with type 2 diabetes, 160 (32percent) and 340 (68percent) were lean and non-lean, respectively. Dr Kibirige is a researcher at the Medical Research Council\/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, in Entebbe. Lean people are those with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 25kg\/m2. 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