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Little changed in U.S. obesity rates in recent years, but we cannot let down in providing information and programs….

Dietary flavonoids found in foods such as berries and chocolate may reduce the risk of women with type 2 diabetes developing heart disease.…

Sucralose did not raise levels of blood sugar or increase the likelihood of insulin resistance in a study comparing the body’s response to sucralose and sucrose….

Looking at a combination of three factors — low birth weight, small head circumference at birth, and parental overweight or obesity — proved a good predictor of the likelihood that the child would develop metabolic syndrome later.…

Drinking a liter of regular cola every day increases the amount of fat in the liver and in the muscles and surrounding the organs in the belly.…

Girls who ate frequent meals and snacks put on fewer pounds and gained fewer inches to their waistlines over the next decade than those who only ate a couple of times each day.…

According to the findings of a case-matched study, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) provides superior, more rapid weight loss than gastric banding (GB) and results in lower long-term complication and comorbidity rates, although it is associated with a higher early morbidity rate….

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 2 of 2) Process of change Diabetes poses considerable demands on the young person’s coping, self-esteem, mood and quality of life.

In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue with Part 4 of our series from Dr. Stanley Schwartz on An Aggressive Pathophysiologic Approach to Cardiometabolic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes. This week’s topics include a look at Pioglitazone, the Natural History of Type 2 Diabetes – Insulin Secretion, and the CV Benefits of …

OneTouch®Verio The new OneTouch(R) Verio(TM)IQ System with PatternAlert ™ technology is the first blood glucose meter to look for high and low patterns, and provide on-screen alerts. The new technology helps make it fast and easy to zero in on patterns of highs and lows so patients can take action …