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Obesity Poll Method

Posted: Saturday, May 29, 2004

The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on attitudes about diet and obesity is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 randomly selected adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted May 17-19 by Ipsos-Public Affairs.

Results were weighted to represent the population by demographic factors such as age, sex, religion and education.

Activity Keeps Diabetes at Bay During Pregnancy

Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2004

women who engaged in any physical activity during the year prior to their pregnancy had a 56 percent reduced risk of pregnancy-related diabetes compared with inactive women.

Diet and Exercise Helps Reverse Vascular Dysfunction in Obese Children

Posted: Friday, April 16, 2004

Obesity in children is associated with vascular dysfunction and wall thickening, early events in atherogenesis, but these harmful effects can be partially reversed with diet and exercise

Strength Training Increases Insulin Action in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Strength training improves the effect of insulin in skeletal muscle of patients with type 2 diabetes. Dr. Flemming Dela from the University of Copenhagen stated that "physical inactivity is becoming close to the number-one leading cause of death in the US."

Diabetic Patients Who Smoke Are Different

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

Diabetic patients who smoke are more likely to report often feeling depressed and are less likely to be active in self-care or to comply with diabetes care recommendations.

Walking Exercise Improves Mental Sharpness

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

A simple cardiac fitness regime of walking 45 minutes three times a week could be rewarded with a higher degree of mental sharpness.

Obesity Experts To Docs: Start 'Prescribing' Exercise

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

Doctors trying to get patients to lose weight should write a "prescription" for physical activity, obesity experts proposed. Studies have found patients are more likely to follow a doctor's order to exercise if it's written in a prescription.

Eight Tips for Exercising Off the Holiday Season Weight

Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004

Should we just concede that gaining weight during the holiday season is inevitable? Well, believe it or not, you can keep the extra weight off and keep your blood glucose under control.

Exercise Capacity and Body Composition Predicts Mortality In Men With Diabetes

Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004

Fitness had a strong and independent inverse association with mortality in men with diabetes, and this result was seen in all BMI and body fatness groups.

Staying In Shape Staves Off Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004

High-fit women were 70 percent less likely to develop diabetes than low-fit women. "For every additional minute on the treadmill, there was a 14-percent reduction in the risk of developing diabetes," the investigators report.