Stress may be the reason people with obesity are more likely to get other metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study. Scientists at Rutgers University, New Jersey, experimented on genetically engineered mice to investigate how overeating leads to insulin resistance, otherwise known as prediabetes.

The rate of diabetes in adults has doubled worldwide in the last 30 years to over 800 million people, largely driven by spikes in low and middle-income countries with lower treatment rates.

More than 800 million adults have diabetes worldwide, and many are not receiving treatment, according to a new study in The Lancet. Kyle Benning has the details and more in Health Matters for Nov. 14,