Physical Activity

Physical activity is associated with lower all-cause and CVD mortality risk for individuals across all levels of glycemic control.…

How often have you heard things about physical activity that sounded right, but that you didn’t know whether to believe or not? If you go hang out at a gym, you’ll hear about everything, including contradictory statements about what will give you the best results. Should you work out in …

For individuals with metabolic syndrome, physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular causes….

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath     Mr. XYZ was referred by his GP.

A new interactive mobile phone app called DiabetesIQ, released this week, challenges people to test their knowledge of diabetes and to compete with one another as they learn about the complexities of the disease.…

By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Before the advent of blood glucose meters, discovering how much of an effect female hormones have on insulin action was impossible. If you’re female, past puberty, and still young enough to be menstruating, then you’ll want to find out more about factoring your time of …

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mr. WC self-referred to a diabetes centre at a tertiary hospital. “I am confused about the recommendations for diet, especially the GI. As a veteran of 27 years of type 1 …

Women should get at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week to help reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.…

  By Sheri Colberg, PhD     The physical activity debate is raging. How much activity should you do each day? How hard do you have to work out? Is walking enough? Can you get fit and lose weight simply by moving more? How much activity is enough?

By Sheri Colberg, PhD   For decades, people blamed excess body fat on a lack of willpower, evidenced by the fact that 90-95 percent of dieters regain all the weight they lose. More recently, hormones like leptin that are released from fat cells have taken more of the rap, along …