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By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – A large weight loss, even if regained, may help overweight people with type 2 diabetes improve their blood sugar control and cholesterol and lower high blood pressure long-term, a new study suggests. Over four years, even those who regained all of a large weight loss had greater improvements in blood sugar than their counterparts who lost no weight or initially lost a smaller amount. “Since many people lose weight and regain some (or all) of it, it is important to know whether this pattern leads to better or worse outcomes than never losing weight,” said coauthor Rena Wing, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Vegetarian diets are known to be generally healthy. However, not all plant-based diets are equal. New research compares their impact on diabetes risk.
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Patients whose diabetes improves after weight-loss surgery may also be less likely to suffer complications like eye and nerve damage, a U.S. study suggests. Patients in the study had what’s known as type 2 diabetes, in which sugar levels in the blood rise too high because the body can’t use or make enough of the hormone insulin to convert food into energy. After the weight-loss operations, some patients saw their diabetes go into remission, which can occur when blood sugar falls back to a healthy level.
Side effects are one consideration, study says
By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With more money in their pockets, Africans are eating more fast food and adopting more sedentary lifestyles, leading to a surge in obesity and associated diseases like diabetes and cancer, experts said on Tuesday. Rates of obesity and overweight are rising in nearly every country in the world, the Global Nutrition Report said, describing malnutrition as the “new normal”. One in three people worldwide are experiencing malnutrition, it said, with 44 percent of countries facing serious levels of both undernutrition and obesity.
Malnutrition is becoming the “new normal” as rising rates of obesity across the world coincide with persistent undernutrition in many poorer countries, according to a major study released Tuesday. The Global Nutrition Report says the number of people who are obese or overweight is rising almost everywhere, fuelling an increase in diabetes and other diseases. Malnutrition covers a range of problems — from deficiencies in important vitamins and minerals for the undernourished to excessive levels of sugar, salt, fat or cholesterol in the blood for the obese.
A recent analysis, using data from 786,076 individuals over 40 years, finds that dietary whole grains help stave off disease and lower mortality rates.
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A third of people worldwide are either undernourished or overweight, driving increasing rates of disease and piling pressure on health services, a global report showed on Tuesday. Rates of obese or overweight people are rising in every region of the world, and in nearly every country, according to the 2016 Global Nutrition Report – an annual independent stock take of the state of the world’s nutrition. Malnutrition comes in many forms – including poor child growth and development and vulnerability to infection among those who do not get enough food, and obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer risks in people who are overweight or whose blood contains too much sugar, salt, fat or cholesterol.
When we’re worried about our health, we’re often concerned about… you know, making sure that we don’t die. Modern medicine is pretty clear about the health benefits of exercising regularly, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, not smoking, and consuming alcohol in moderation. It is well-documented that engaging in all four of these…