In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we delve in to what happens when blood sugar levels increase, the prevalence of prediabetes in our culture today, and some of the possible strategies and research investigating the prevention of diabetes, including the Diabetes Prevention Program….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 5
In Part 5 of our special Homerun Slides series on Obesity, we’ll look at how weight gain can lead to prediabetes, the genes are behind some of the conditions related to diabetes, and how impaired glucose tolerance in children could be leading to diabetes in teens….
Read More »The Effect of Whole Grain Foods on Diabetes and Obesity
Researchers assessed the impact of whole grains on the risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity and body weight measures, and cardiovascular disease in human studies as the basis for establishing an American Society for Nutrition (ASN) position….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 4
This week, we continue our series of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz focusing on the obesity epidemic. Risk factors including those facing children at an earlier age, are covered, as well as a visual representation of the significant lowering of abdominal fat with just a minimal amount of exercise….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 3
This week, we continue our series of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz focusing on the obesity epidemic. This week’s topics include: Gene Variants and Binge Eating as Predictors of Co-morbidities and Outcome of Treatment in Severe Obesity, Health Benefits of Modest Weight Loss, and a graphic representation of the …
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 2
In this second set of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stan Schwartz, we look at some of the popular perspectives on obesity in our modern society, including how Cultural Definitions Change Over Time, and how Thrifty Genes Contribute to Morbid Obesity….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 1
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a short series on the current status of the obesity epidemic, courtesy of Dr. Stanley Schwartz, FACP, FACE. Topics covered this week include the Epidemiology and Economics of Obesity/Diabetes in the U.S….
Read More »Probiotics Could Counter Obesity and Diabetes
Daily ingestion of the VSL#3 commercial probiotic product by mice led to an increase in GLP-1 levels which reduced appetite….
Read More »Can Home-based Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Be Effective?
Taking into consideration the current global epidemic of childhood obesity….
Read More »Obesity and Being Overweight to Plateau by 2030
A new dynamic model capable of predicting overweight, obesity and extreme obesity trends shows….
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