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Walking Switches Off 'Obesity Genes' and TV-Watching Ramps Them Up

Posted: Sunday, April 08, 2012

Walking briskly for an hour every day can cut the effect of genetic tendencies toward obesity in half....

Diabetes May Start in the Intestines

Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Scientists have discovered that problems controlling blood sugar may begin in the intestines.

Resistance Training Improves Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2012

Besides improving patients' glucose numbers researchers saw improved metabolic features such as reductions in waist circumference.

Diabetes Advocacy Alliance Applauds Funding for CDC Program to Prevent Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Diabetes Advocacy Alliance™ (DAA) today applauded the Department of Health and Human Services for approving $10 million in funding for the CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP), an initiative that provides local communities with lifestyle change programs for preventing type 2 diabetes.

Intermittent Exercise Improves Glucose for People with Diabetes

Posted: Monday, February 13, 2012

New study finds exercise in low oxygen environment may result in improved insulin sensitivity.

New Report Rates 25 Diet Plans

Posted: Sunday, January 08, 2012

Experts examine 25 diet plans and rate them in different ways.

Obesity: It's ALL About Calories

Posted: Saturday, January 07, 2012

Excess calories, not mix of protein, fat, or carbohydrate, key in causing obesity.

Diabetes Reversed with Investigational Weight Loss Drug

Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Slightly more than a year of treatment with an investigational obesity drug that the FDA rejected for approval last year reversed type 2 diabetes in 15% of subjects.

Weight Loss Improves Beta Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Beta cell function can improve after just 12 weeks of weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Low Carbs for Just Two Days a Week Spurs Weight Loss

Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Adhering to a strict, low-carbohydrate diet two days per week led to greater reductions in weight and insulin levels when compared with standard daily dieting.