Reduction in Adiposity, β-Cell Function, Insulin Sensitivity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Prospective Study among Japanese with Obesity

• Maki Goto,

  Affiliations Department of Diabetes Research, Diabetes Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

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• Akemi Morita,

  Affiliations National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Nutrition, College of Nutrition, Koshien University, Hyogo, Japan

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• Atsushi Goto,

  Affiliations Department of Diabetes Research, Diabetes Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kijo Deura,

  Affiliation Saku Central Hospital, Nagano, Japan

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• Satoshi Sasaki,

  Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Naomi Aiba,

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Life Science, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Takuro Shimbo,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research and Informatics, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasuo Terauchi,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

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• Motohiko Miyachi,

  Affiliation National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mitsuhiko Noda ,

  * E-mail: mnoda@hosp.ncgm.go.jp

  Affiliations Department of Diabetes Research, Diabetes Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shaw Watanabe,

  Affiliation National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

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• for the SCOP Study Group