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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.

Pedometers: Number of Studies Show They Can Make A Difference

Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004

The advantage of a pedometer is that it can catch small increases in activity, like walking up stairs instead of taking elevators. Many people who increase activity while wearing pedometers seem to do so through these small bits of walking that would probably escape anyone’s attention. But a pedometer records them.

Could Obesity Be All In The Mind?

Posted: Monday, February 09, 2004

Scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Newcastle-upon-Tyne are about to embark on one of the biggest studies of its kind into the role the brain plays in making people fat. The theory behind it is that many people fail to lose weight, not because they cannot stop eating, but because the brain will not let them do so.

Team Approach Delivers Motivational Diabetes Management

Posted: Monday, February 09, 2004

The new diabetes management program, is designed to place patients at the center of their own care through a group-support concept and the hospital’s healthcare team.

Less Than 12% of Those With Diabetes Meeting Recommended Goals

Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004

Less than 12 percent of people with diagnosed diabetes meet the recommended goals for blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol despite a great deal of research showing that controlling these conditions dramatically delays or prevents diabetes complications. Moreover, the percentage of people who achieve these targets has changed little in the last decade,

Prevention Of Type 2 Diabetes: Data From Recent Trials

Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Although the study populations differed by race and ethnicity, the mean BMI, and the intensity of the lifestyle intervention provided, all investigators found substantial diabetes risk reduction with modest weight loss and increased physical activity.

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.

Early Fitness Protects Middle Age Hearts

Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2003

Fitness in early adulthood greatly reduces the likelihood of developing high blood pressure and diabetes -- both major risk factors for heart disease and stroke -- in middle age, a new study has found.

Using A Tape Measure to Track Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2003

Identifying who is at risk of diabetes and a number of other health concerns may be as simple as measuring waist size. If a person's waist is relativelyl arge, you can order an inexpensive blood test tomeasure the amount of fat circulating in the blood. Thethreshold value for waist size was about 38 inches ( 95 centimeters) in men and about 35 inches (88 centimeters) in women.