New research suggests a link between a child’s risk of Type 2diabetes and the weight and the amount of fat in the father’s diet at the time of conception, according to an article on DLife.
This is the first study to connect a father’s weight and diet to the offspring’s risk of metabolic disease. For the study, researchers fed male rats a diet high in fat to induce obesity and glucose intolerance. The obese rats were then mated (more…)
A child’s waist circumference may be the best predictor of the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life‚ according to a study of 2‚188 Australians who were followed for an average 20 years from childhood.
The study’s first tests were conducted when participants were between the ages of seven and 15 years; tests included body–mass index‚ waist and hip circumferences, ‚and skin–fold measures. In adulthood‚ (more…)
Breast–feeding for less than one month has been linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes in a study reported in the American Journal of Medicine.
The study looked at the associations between duration‚ exclusivity, and consistency of lactation with the risk for type 2 diabetes in a cohort of 2‚233 women‚ aged 40 to 78 years. Researchers controlled for age‚ parity‚ race‚ education‚ hysterectomy‚ physical activity‚ (more…)
Minor kidney damage in people with type 1 diabetes dramatically increases the chances of premature death, a new study finds.
Diabetics presenting early and asymptomatic kidney damage, as manifested by trace amounts of protein in the urine, were six times likelier to die than the general population, according to the study, summarized at ScienceDaily.com. When the diabetics’ kidneys functioned normally over time, they were died (more…)
Individuals with Type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease because they are more likely to develop plaques in the brain associated with Azheimer’s, says a new report published in the medical journal Neurology , issued August 25th, 2010. Insulin resistance is one stage before diabetes, when insulin becomes less effective in reducing blood sugar levels.
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