More than 60 percent of black women are overweight. The Sisters Together Program began as a campaign focused on increasing activity and healthful eating. They focused their messages on young Black women in three Boston communities—Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury. Sisters Together was a pilot project of the Weight-Control Information Network (WIN) …

With all the concern over childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes you can figure out BMI and print growth charts as well as get advice on helping kids stay fit. Just check out Keep Kids Healthy.

What Your Children’s Teachers Need to Know While you’re enjoying those last days of summer, it may be time to start thinking about school. Besides doing the usual shopping for school supplies and new clothes, remember to prepare your child’s teachers for what they need to know about diabetes. Here …

Stomach fat increases risk more than overall or peripheral fat.

Premenopausal women with insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes have a greatly increased risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease

People with short upper legs are more likely to have glucose intolerance or diabetes, That was reported at the American Heart Association’s 43rd Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. Average thigh length was 15.4 inches for those with insulin resistance and 15.1 for those with diabetes. The average …

Eating fast food and sitting hours on end in front of the TV are really terrible for the waistline. As obvious as this might sound, there actually is little firm scientific data to prove the point, especially against fast food. But now a large study released Saturday shows just how …

People should get no more than 10 percent of their calories from sugar. That from experts says in a major new report last week on how to stem the global epidemic of obesity-linked diseases.

Outcomes are worse for those patients with hyperglycemia at the time of an acute myocardial infarction, more so then those already diagnosed with diabetes.

New study findings indicate.that treatment with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) may help adults with type 2 diabetes to stabilize blood glucose levels and lower their blood pressure,