Do slow muscles prevent diabetes and obesity? Ghent University will investigate this over the next 20 years

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Ghent University is looking for 250 test subjects to participate in a study on the relationship between muscle composition and certain diseases over the next 20 years. "Slow muscles are said to process sugars and fats better, we want to see whether people with such muscles in particular develop diabetes or obesity less quickly," says researcher Eline Lievens.