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The rates of all-cause mortality in diabetes patients declined from the 1970s through the 1980s and 1990s. Researchers said pioglitazone helped reduce the risk of death, myocardial infarction and stroke in patients, while metformin was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Presented at the ADA 73rd Scientific Sessions  

A study found that overweight women who watched a 15-minute DVD once a week that featured an avatar performing healthy weight-loss behaviors lost 3.5 pounds, on average, after four weeks. The results suggest that "virtual reality could be a promising new tool for building healthier habits," said researcher Melissa Napolitano. …

A new study suggests that inflammation may be the key, and that genetics also plays a role. People who had more disadvantaged lives overall had chronically higher levels of inflammatory proteins in their blood. While obesity, lack of exercise, smoking and poor diet contribute to chronic inflammation, the study points …

Participants were 60 years old or older, inactive, nonsmoking, with a BMI less than 35 and FBG between 105 and 125 mg dL. They completed three randomly ordered exercise protocols spaced four weeks apart. Post-meal walking was significantly more effective than 45 min of sustained morning or afternoon walking in lowering …

Obese women who skipped breakfast showed greater glucose total AUC and had higher levels of pre-lunch free fatty acids compared with those who ate breakfast, according to a study. Insulin resistance from skipping breakfast could increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the lead researcher said. Presented at The …

A study found low-income, food-insecure diabetes patients showed higher mean A1c values and had lower fruit and vegetable intake and self-efficacy than their food-secure counterparts. However, researchers noted greater A1c and self-efficacy improvements in food-insecure patients following educational intervention compared with the other group. Diabetes Care, June 2013 

ADA Wants Firms to Disclose All Incretin Data. See this week’s Item #3. AMA Declares Obesity Is a Disease. More info coming soon.

Frequent, Smaller Meals or Fewer, Larger Ones? Researchers found that eating two meals (breakfast and lunch, no dinner) a day led to a greater decrease in BMI, was less likely to contribute to fatty liver disease and caused a greater increase in insulin sensitivity than eating six smaller meals. Read …

Is fructose worse than other sugars? Are artificial sweeteners safe? And what really happens if people with diabetes eat too much sugar? Can it also affect the liver? This symposium conducted at the ADA’s Scientific Sessions in Chicago will look at the metabolic effects of different dietary sugars/sweeteners (both artificial …

Previous research found that intensive lowering of blood glucose levels did not reduce the risk for cardiovascular problems in people with diabetes, despite the widely held belief that it would, and might in fact contribute to cardiovascular and total mortality. In a large epidemiologic trial, researchers found the opposite: patients …