For Mainland Chinese adults, waist circumference significantly associated with all cardiometabolic risk factors
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GDM screening recommended at or after, but not before, 24 weeks of gestation in asymptomatic pregnant individuals
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Weekly semaglutide plus lifestyle intervention resulted in substantial, sustained, clinically relevant weight loss for overweight, obese
Read More »Obesity Makes Substantial Contribution to New Type 2 Diabetes Cases Annually
Adjusted proportion attributable fraction was 0.35 in 2001 to 2004 and 0.41 in 2013 to 2016; burden greatest among non-Hispanic White women
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Links between T2DM with metformin use and breast cancer risk appear to be affected by hormone receptor status
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Regression to normoglycemia, death more common than progression to diabetes
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Lifestyle intervention results in significantly more weight loss and in improved fasting glucose, HDL-cholesterol
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Fruit consumption higher for women than men and increases with income; 95 percent of adults consume vegetables
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Positive association mainly driven by incidence of papillary thyroid cancer
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Risks include foot ulcer, lower-limb amputation, peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, and gangrene
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