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Average American is 1 Inch Taller, 25 Pounds Heavier Than 40 Years Ago Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Adults are roughly an inch taller than they were in the early 1960s, on average, and nearly 25 pounds heavier, the government reported. The country's expanding waistline has been well documented, though the report is the first to quantify it based on how many pounds the average person is carrying

Diabetes Increases Risk of Dementia Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Diabetes increases the risk of dementia, especially vascular dementia, in the elderly, according to new data from the Kungsholmen Project, a community-based longitudinal study on aging and dementia. The hazard ratios for dementia and vascular dementia were even higher in patients taking oral antidiabetic agents.

Elevated Iron Levels Associated With Metabolic Syndrome Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Men and women with elevated levels of ferritin are about twice as likely as their peers with lower levels to have metabolic syndrome.

Extra Pounds In Middle Age Doubles Incidence of Stroke Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds. Insulin resistance the culprit.

FDA Approves Labeling That Xenical (Orlistat) Resulted in 42% Reduction in Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

The first weight loss medication to show a reduction in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.The label change is based on results from the XENDOS (Xenical in the Prevention of Diabetes in Obese Subjects) study, the largest and longest study to date of a weight loss medication

Lifestyle Intervention Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes by 58% Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Why are we looking for the cure for Type 2 diabetes when we already have it? The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) showed that intensive lifestyle intervention reduced the risk of diabetes by 58%.

Making It Through the Holidays Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

While controlling diabetes (or reducing one’s risk) is a yearlong effort, perhaps no other season poses as many temptations as the holidays.So how do you make it through? Here are suggestions, several from the Defeat Diabetes Foundation (www.defeatdiabetes.org), to help you keep focus.

Maternal Body Mass Linked to Rising Rate of Large for Gestational Age Births Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Increases in maternal body mass index and decreases in maternal smoking are behind the increasing trend in large-for-gestational-age (LGA) births

More Than One Cup of Coffee A Day Raises Heart Disease Risk 30% Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Men consuming more than 200ml of coffee daily had 30% higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), their white blood cell counts were 3% higher.

Nearly 60% of American Adults Have Elevated Blood Pressure Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

One-third are not aware of their condition, and among those who were aware, only 31 percent had their blood pressure controlled at target levels.

 

 

 

 

 

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