TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| MU Researcher Develops Screening Tool To Identify Patients With Prediabetes A third of Americans with diabetes do not know that they have it, and many more who have prediabetic conditions are unaware that they are at risk. A University of Missouri researcher has created a clinical tool to identify those at highest risk for having undetected hyperglycemia, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and undiagnosed diabetes. medicalnewstoday.com |
Short Sleep Duration Affects Development Of Blood Sugar Abnormality That Can Lead To Diabetes People who sleep less than six hours a night appear to have a higher risk of developing impaired fasting glucose - a condition that can precede type 2 diabetes, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, appears most often in middle-aged adults. Adolescents and young adults, however, are developing type 2 diabetes at an alarming rate. medicalnewstoday.com |
Fatness In Blacks Overestimated By Widely Used Body Fat Measurements The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results, which were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., suggest that conventional methods for estimating body fat may need to become race-specific. medicalnewstoday.com |
Weight Loss Influenced By Certain Personality Traits Being too optimistic could harm weight loss efforts. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine, reveals the psychological characteristics that may contribute to weight loss. medicalnewstoday.com |
Women In Prime Reproductive Years Succumb To Diabetes Epidemic In First Nations Adults A diabetes epidemic is affecting First Nations people, especially women in their prime reproductive years, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj090846.pdf. The incidence of diabetes was more than 4 times higher in First Nations women compared to non-First Nations women and more than 2... mnt.to |