I saw an obese long-term person with Type 2 diabetes who was experiencing widely fluctuating BGs and had had two hospitalizations within the previous six months, one for a BG of 28mg dl and one for an infested hair follicle (BG 413 mg/dl in ER)….

This week obesity is again in the headlines as the Obama administration is planning to ask food companies and restaurants to cut back on advertising unhealthy foods to children. Under guidelines obtained by us from the Associated Press, companies would be urged only to market foods to children ages 2 …

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A diabetes education program significantly improved long-term blood-sugar control among patients. The program taught low-income, poorly educated people with diabetes to better manage their disease. Researchers divided 56 participants into two groups, providing one group with an intensive problem-solving course that spanned more than nine sessions and covered standard diabetes …

A study has offered up a new clue to the country’s obesity epidemic, suggesting video-game use is not just a rampant and sedentary replacement for physical exertion, but actually makes players eat more — even when they are not hungry. After the gaming, they consumed an average of 80 calories …

Couples who attended a preventive cardiology program together, after one partner had suffered a coronary disease event, changed their dietary and exercise habits in tandem, a new analysis from the EUROACTION study shows. Patients who made the most changes were more likely to be associated with partners who did the …

Utility of A1c of 6.5% for diagnosing pre–diabetes and diabetes in obese, questioned.…

A controlled diet high in fat and low in carbohydrate can repair kidney damage in diabetic mice.…

Doctors from Hackensack University Medical Center will be the first to try a procedure on humans with diabetes in hopes of finding a cure.…

Over time, restricting some foods may tamp down those cravings.…