ABSTRACT A great many disorders including maturity-onset (type II) diabetes, hypertension,
and hypertriglyceridemia are frequently associated with adult-onset obesity and improve
with caloric restriction. It is the premise of this brief review that there are patients with these
disorders who are not obese according to standard weight tables or other readily-available
criteria; but who would also respond favorably to caloric restriction. It is proposed that such
individuals might be characterized by hyperinsulinism and possibly an increase in fat cell …