A third of food eaten now is cooked outside the home according to a study. The obesity epidemic is being fueled still further by a growing trend among kids to eat out and bring take-out food home. Such foods are high in sugar and calories, and their increasing popularity means …

McDonald’s is a long-standing official Olympic sponsor with an exclusive deal that ensures it is the only branded restaurant in the park. London was failing in its pledge to create the healthiest Olympics ever, health groups said, after McDonald’s fast-food chain said it was to build its biggest and busiest …

Having more muscle mass can protect against insulin resistance and prediabetes, no matter overall body size, researchers said.… In a cross-sectional study, every 10% increase in the ratio of skeletal muscle mass to total body weight was associated with an 11% reduction in risk of insulin resistance and a 12% …

Menopause does not adversely affect diabetes risk or strategies to prevent diabetes in women who already have an increased risk for the disease, investigators reported.…

A low concentration of homoarginine in the blood appears to be a risk factor for sudden cardiac death and heart failure death among diabetic patients who require hemodialysis, researchers found.…

An interactive computer software program appears to be effective in helping patients manage their Type 2 diabetes using their mobile phones, according to a new study.…

Four years of treatment with alpha-lipoic acid for diabetic polyneuropathy failed to achieve the study’s primary endpoint but did yield some clinically meaningful improvements, an international team reports.…

Beverages sweetened with fructose or high-fructose corn syrup can worsen cardiovascular risk factors, even in the young and healthy, researchers have found.…

Optimum screening cut-offs for HbA1c in emergency setting similar to outpatient care….

The need to establish diabetes management programs that are more accessible to the elderly is gaining greater urgency amid unprecedented growth of older minority populations who are most at risk, particularly older African-Americans, according to a new report.…