Obesity

Female, 28 years of age, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 25. She was taught to manage her diabetes with a basal/bolus insulin regimen and meal plan prescribed by health care team. She was taught she could eat anything she wanted as long as she covered her carbs with rapid-acting insulin. Her glucose was in control, but she gained 50 pounds over the first year. She then attributed her weight gain to taking insulin, so she would not take enough insulin to cover her glucose levels.

Study finds insulin secretion returns to normal with one-gram fat loss.

Study suggests extreme calorie reduction may have same effect as bariatric surgery.

Benefits of surgery result in substantially lower healthcare costs for diabetic patients.

Higher fat in midsection poses increased risk for gestational diabetes later in pregnancy.

Normal weight, physically active children thought to have higher executive function.

Elevated FFA levels may be earlier marker of diabetes.

Severity of obesity associated with higher value of low HDL cholesterol level, high blood pressure and hemoglobin A1C levels.

This is an update from a 2008 recommendation that only mentioned hypertension.

Benefits seen after nine days despite lack of weight loss.