Introduction
obesity, diabetes
OBESITY, TYPE 2 DIABETES, IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE, DIABETES

In 2021, 537 million adults were living with type 2 diabetes worldwide.
That same year, the IDF reported that, globally, another 541 million adults had
impaired glucose tolerance and were therefore at high risk of developing type 2
diabetes [In this study, we combined human intervention studies, in vitro studies
and in vivo mouse experiments to (1) investigate whether individuals with obesity
receiving high doses of the prebiotic inulin (16 g/d as a supplement, coupled to
dietary advice to consume inulin-rich vegetables for 3 months) exhibited specific
changes in faecal 