Letter from the Editor #503

This week I was wandering around the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and believe me the future of technology means that more of our patients will have less reason to get off the couch. There were great displays by software developers for activity related games such as the Wii. But for every display that would increase activity there were six products that would do the exact opposite. There are new 3D flat panels and there are home control units for everything from closing the curtains to starting the washing machine. The home of 2020 will have a wireless controller that will be able to have a robot deliver cooked foods right from the oven or refrigerator to your couch. Just the thing we need for our patients. The scary thing is that these devices will be so inexpensive that anyone and everyone can own them.

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We tell our patients that if they lose weight their diabetes will improve and they will have changes in intra–abdominal and deep subcutaneous abdominal fat. This means that often they try diet programs that work on calorie deduction. Now a new study published in Obesity shows that while these diets were inversely associated with the post challenge decline in serum glucose the greater insulin sensitivity may predispose to adiposity among weight reduced women, and that this effect that may be ameliorated by a lower GL diet. Another reason to watch the carbs.

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Dave Joffe, Editor-in-chief