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The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its major risk factor, obesity, has reached epidemic proportions in Western society. How obesity leads to insulin resistance and subsequent T2DM is incompletely understood. It has been established that insulin can redirect blood flow in skeletal muscle from non-nutritive to nutritive capillary networks, without increasing total blood flow. This...