Tag: obesity

If you're sitting in a room with two other people, look around and take stock. Chances are one of you is well on your way to developing Type 2 diabetes. Is it you? "People think 'If I don't experience any symptoms that means I'm not at risk,'" said Dr. Kevin Borst, a Cleveland Clinic endocrinologist. "Symptoms such ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Nearly 26 million adults and children in the U.S. are living with diabetes and that number keeps growing. In most cases the disease can be prevented. One woman who attended the Diabetes Expo at the Colorado Convention Center this weekend made a major lifestyle change to stay healthy. “My knees were hurting, my hips ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego say an evolutionary gene mutation that occurred in human millions of years ago and our subsequent inability to produce a specific kind of sugar molecule appears to make people more vulnerable to developing type 2 diabetes, especially if they're ...

In December, President Obama signed into law the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is a bipartisan bill that will invest $4.5 billion over the next 10 years to fight childhood obesity. This is a huge step in the right direction to combat the prevalence of obesity in this country, which will ultimately lead many children ...

Simply taking more steps every day not only helps ward off obesity but also reduces the risk of diabetes, finds a study published on bmj.com today. While several studies have shown that physical activity reduces body mass index and insulin resistance - an early stage in the development of diabetes - this is the first study ...

New research adds to the evidence linking obesity with lower levels of vitamin D, and the finding could help explain why carrying extra pounds raises the risk for a wide range of diseases, researchers say.

Fiber aids digestive health and helps prevent GERD, inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS), obesity, and diverticulitis.

New research released today reveals the startling impact of weight loss surgery on curing type 2 diabetes. UK researchers found almost three quarters of obese type 2 diabetic patients (72 per cent) who underwent gastric bypass procedures showed no clinical signs of type 2 diabetes after two years. Remission of Type 2 diabetes after gastric ...

A conference at the New York Academy of Sciences on December 9 will convene leading obesity researchers to explore the latest science and policy initiatives addressing the global and national health crisis of obesity...

UC Irvine researchers have discovered that circadian rhythms - the internal body clock - regulate fat metabolism. This helps explain why people burn fat more efficiently at certain times of day and could lead to new pharmaceuticals for obesity, diabetes and energy-related illnesses. The study was headed by Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Donald Bren Professor and chair ...