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Avoid Consuming Too Much Fat While Nursing: The future health of offspring is more negatively impacted when their mothers consume a high fat diet while nursing compared with high-fat diet consumption during pregnancy, according to research at Johns Hopkins University. The researchers used a method called “cross-fostering” to determine whether …

Diabetes Will Nearly Double Over the Next 25 Years: In a recent published study in Health Affairs, it was predicted that the diabetes population in the U.S. will almost double over the next 25 years and annual medical spending on the disease is projected to nearly triple, hitting $336 billion, …

Type 1 Teenagers At Higher Risk for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Glycemic control and pregnancy outcomes of teenagers with Type 1 diabetes were compared with older mothers with Type 1 diabetes to identify the glycemic control achieved by teenagers and its correlation with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Compared to older women, teenagers …

Parents Oblivious to Overweight Kids: A new report, “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010,” has found that along with high-fat foods, lack of exercise, and too much screen time, another obesity issue may be misperceptions about weight. The report included a poll that found the majority …

Metformin Reduces Deaths in Patients with Diabetes and Atherothrombosis: New research shows that in patients with diabetes and known atherothrombosis, metformin is associated with a 24% decrease in all-cause mortality after two years of follow-up. The results indicated that even patients thought to have contraindications to metformin — including moderate …

Adult Obesity Rates Rise in 28 States: Adult obesity rates increased in 28 states in the past year, and declined only in the District of Columbia, according to a report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More than two-thirds of states (38) have adult …

Kids Now See Fewer Television Ads for Sweets and Beverages but More for Fast Food: Children saw fewer television advertisements for certain foods, including those for sweets and beverages, in 2007 compared with 2003, according to a report. However, children now see more fast-food ads, and racial gaps in exposure …

Hemoglobin A1c Levels Differ in Black and White Patients, Regardless of Blood Sugar Level: Studies have shown that blacks have higher hemoglobin A1c levels than whites. Experts have attributed this disparity to differences in diabetes control related to socioeconomic status, access to and use of medical care, and health care …

Diabetes Isn’t Caused by a Sweet Tooth — But Nearly Half of People Think So: Nearly half (42%) of people still think eating too much sugar causes diabetes and a quarter (25%) of people object to people with diabetes injecting insulin in public, according to a survey. The survey also …

China Tops India on World Diabetes Ladder: China has overtaken India as the global epicenter of the diabetes epidemic after a study showed twice as many Chinese are afflicted with the disease as previously estimated. Type 2 diabetes, mostly caused by a high-calorie diet and sedentary lifestyle, afflicts 92.4 million …