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Eating Out Too Often Can Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009

Those who ate two meals per week of fried chicken were at 68 percent increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, compared to those who ate none.

What Makes Obese People Develop Diabetes?

Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009

Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the molecule CXCL5, produced by certain cells in fatty tissue.

Breastfeeding A Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Thursday, December 03, 2009

Breastfeeding A Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome, A Condition Linked to Diabetes and Heart Disease in Women

Study Highlights

* This is the first study to measure all components of Metabolic Syndrome before pregnancy and after weaning in women of childbearing age
* Metabolic Syndrome, which affects up to 37 percent of U.S. women between ages 20 – 59, is a clustering of risk factors related to obesity and metabolism that may predict future diabetes and heart disease during midlife and early death for women
* Another recent Kaiser Permanente study found that women with gestational diabetes are 2.5 times more likely to develop Metabolic Syndrome after pregnancy

U.S. Is Failing in Diabetes Control -- Myths Outweigh Facts

Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009

It's a disease so common it strikes every 20 seconds, yet Americans earn a failing grade when it comes to basic knowledge about diabetes, according to a recent Harris Interactive survey conducted on behalf of the ADA.

Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Reduces RISKS!

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009

Four-year results from the Action for Health Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study has shown that an intensive lifestyle intervention designed to achieve and maintain weight loss over the long term produces sustained weight loss and improvements in fitness, as well as improvements in glycemic control, systolic blood pressure, and HDL-cholesterol levels.

Increasing Fiber Decreases Belly Fat

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009

Eating just a little bit more fiber could have a big impact in trimming the waistlines of America's young people, new research shows.

Exercise Keeps Visceral Fat Away a Year after Weight Loss

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009

Eighty minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent weight gain, but also to inhibit a regain of harmful visceral fat one year after weight loss.

Diabetes on the Rise in the U.S.

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009

Diabetes cases are rising rapidly in the U.S., with the disease afflicting 11.3% of American adults as of the third quarter of 2009, according to a new Gallup survey. That's an increase from 10.4% measured in the first quarter of last year.

Vegetables Protect Unborn Child Against Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009

New evidence is emerging for how important it is for pregnant women to eat good, nutritious food. Expecting mothers who eat vegetables every day seem to have children who are less likely to develop Type 1 diabetes, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Updated 2009 Diabetes Prevalence and Diagnosis in US by States

Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The numbers are in and it looks like we have not improved and it will get worse.