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Open access. To investigate associations between takeaway meal consumption and risk markers for coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity risk markers in children.
Humans are not mice, and these early findings can't be applied to us. And as metformin is only licensed as a diabetes treatment, we don't know whether it would be safe or appropriate to use it for nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Also, this study provided no evidence that metformin would be any better than the many well-established treatments to help people quit smoking, such as nicotine replacement therapy.
Public health strategies aiming to prevent adult weight gain in the whole population could be twice as effective in reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes as weight loss strategies targeting only obese people, analysis of a large population based follow-up study has found. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
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Objective Type I and II diabetes are associated with a greater relative risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in women than in men. Sex differences in adiposity storage may explain these findings. Open Access Article
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Balk EM, Earley A, Raman G, et al. Combined diet and physical activity promotion programs to prevent type 2 diabetes among persons at increased risk: a systematic review for the community preventive services task force. Ann Intern Med 2015;163:437–51.
Context
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a significant and growing medical problem affecting close to 400 million people worldwide1 and almost 10% of the US population2 while imposing a major financial burden on society.3 Furthermore, an estimated 37% of the US adult population is at risk of T2DM, making primary prevention of T2DM a critical public health objective. Large clinical trials have shown that combined diet and physical activity promotion programmes … To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), gestational hypertension (GH) and pre-eclampsia (PE) are associated with short and long-term health issues for mother and child; prevention of these complications is critically important. This study aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationships between prenatal exercise and GDM, GH and PE. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
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Many public health strategies include promotion of cooking at home as a method to improve diet, and reduce obesity and diseases related to diet and obesity. However, a recent systematic review found that the majority of existing studies on the relationships between home food preparation and diet and health outcomes are cross-sectional, raising the possibility of reverse causation.1 The literature is also confused by poor conceptualisation and operationalisation of ‘home food preparation’, with many studies focusing on the behaviour of cooking, rather than consumption of food cooked at home. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The most recent Health Survey from the NHS shows the prevalence of both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes increased from 3% of normal weight adults, to 15% of obese adults
The figures showed that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in people who are obese is five times higher than in those who are a 'normal' weight. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
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Objective To better understand the association between a modified Mediterranean diet pattern in young adulthood, cardiorespiratory fitness in young adulthood, and the odds of developing pre-diabetes or diabetes by middle age. Open Access Article
Based on a growing body of epidemiological and biomedical studies, physical activity (PA) is considered a cornerstone in type 2 diabetes treatment. However, it is also a practice embedded in daily life and, as such, may produce certain frictions as a topic in health care. The aim of this article is to give in-depth insight into experiences of health care professionals with the delivery of PA counselling to people with type 2 diabetes.