Screening children as young as 2 years for obesity may be more successful in weight control and preventing metabolic abnormalities than waiting until they are older.…

Perceived stress and stressful life events predict the development of impaired glucose metabolism (IGM) over 5 years in previously normoglycemic individuals, according to results from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle study (AusDiab).…

Staying up late at night can lead to an additional two pounds a month weight gain.…

Researchers have determined why a certain class of diabetes drugs leads to weight gain and have found that the molecular system involved (PPAR-gamma found in the brain) is also triggered by consumption of high-fat foods.…

New research adds clarity to the connection that saturated fatty acids but not the unsaturated type can activate immune cells to produce an inflammatory protein, called interleukin-1beta.…

It is not often that you get someone who wrote the ADA guidelines to share his slides with you, but this week our publisher, Steve Freed, asked his good friend Dr. Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD, FCP, MACP, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Strelitz Diabetes Center, to share his slides on …

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath This week, we continue with Part 3 of our special series of case discussions. CASE DISCUSSION : Ms. ME Ms. ME was referred to an endocrinologist and diabetes educator by her …

"If King Hattusili III is cured from the fire that burns his feet, I will give a golden cup with a handle of lapis lazuli to Goddess Ningal!" — attributed to Queen Puduhepa, approx 1250 BC….

 I was reading a book on weight loss and muscle gain, and how to maximize both for managing diabetes when I was presented with a study from the University of Wisconsin- Madison on the use of a cell phone camera to lose weight. This “flash diet” requires the person to simply …

  By Sheri Colberg, PhD     The physical activity debate is raging. How much activity should you do each day? How hard do you have to work out? Is walking enough? Can you get fit and lose weight simply by moving more? How much activity is enough?