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Convenient smartphone access to diabetes information.

Gender-driven "risk window" found to mostly occur around menopausal age.

I recently was included in a discussion on a Facebook group for athletes with diabetes about how hard it can be to lose weight through exercise. While I would never claim to have all the answers on this topic, here are some ideas about what can make you gain weight or keep you from losing weight with diabetes, based on my decades of professional and personal experience with diabetes and weight management, and what you can do about it.

Prandial and basal insulin reduction with carbohydrate feeding can help reduce risk of lows.

Registry improvements better track progresses meeting performance indicators.

Insulin sensitivity found only in the animal-protein diet group

Short and long sleep duration have negative effect on insulin sensitivity in men, increase in beta-cell function in women

Increased risk due to level of duration and degree of weight gain

A review suggests that added sugar in drinks impacts more than the endocrine system.

Adults aware of their prediabetes status may be more likely to exercise and lose weight.