Waist Size, Regardless Of BMI, Linked To Diabetes Risk

Waist circumference is strongly and independently linked to diabetes type two risk, even after accounting for body mass index (BMI), and should be measured more widely for estimating risk, researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, UK, reported in PLoS Medicine. The authors...

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BMI shifts with cardiometabolic changes common in middle-school students

A study of a large, multiethnic sample found that shifts in body mass index (BMI) are common in middle-school students and are associated with changes that affect cardiometabolic risk factors. A total of 3,993 children participating in the HEALTHY study, a multisite, school-based study designed to mitigate risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus, underwent health screenings at the beginning of the sixth...

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Blame Does A Body Bad: New Study Links Attitudes To Diabetes Management

Genetics play a critical role in developing diabetes. So do eating properly, exercising and not smoking. According to a new study by an Ithaca College psychology professor and her two colleagues, people with diabetes who see themselves as responsible for their disease onset blame themselves for making...

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