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For those patients who are obese, overweight, or who have gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), Dr. Colberg recomends starting out as if sedentary. Patients should start on the low side and progress from there. If they have been a little more active, they could try something strenuous but she cautions against …

Dr. Colberg goes over the exercise guidelines for patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes and outlines the differences. She explains that type 1 diabetes patients especially need to be more conscious of hypoglycemia risk during and after aerobic exercise while type 2’s should also be aware of this but …

In this special Homerun Slides presentation, details of the CANTATA-D2 study are reviewed comparing the effects and benefits of the SGLT2 inhibitors and DPP-4 inhibitors…. To download in PowerPoint (.ppt) format: SGLT2 Inhibitors for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes See more SGLT-2 Resources

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we discuss the Health Benefits of Modest Weight Loss; review some of the causes of the modern obesity crisis; and go over some of the Medical Consequences of Obesity….

For both healthy patients and those with metabolic impairment, risk decreased when participants took the recommended daily allowance of magnesium….

Replacing snacks with low-fat yogurt can cut risk nearly in half….

Noninvasive capilaroscopy, laser Doppler flowmetry, and retinal imaging among techniques used….  

How effective is basal/bolus insulin treatment for type 2 diabetes?…

In this week’s Homerun Slides, Dr. Stanley Schwartz guides us through the basic physiology of modern obesity and the "toxic environment" of abundant cheap food and little exercise we all seem to live in….

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD Regulation of Glucose Metabolism: Effect of Physical Activity on Metabolic Control Acute impact. Acutely, exercise can have wide-ranging effects on glycemia, likely because several variables influence glucose homeostasis during the activity. The intensity, duration, and timing of the activity as well as …