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Type 1 diabetes is believed to be due to an autoimmune response that stops the body from making insulin. This hormone is crucial to managing blood glucose levels. People with type 1 diabetes have ...
Children whose parents keep them off sugar during their first two years of life have lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure for the rest of their lives, a new study has found. That ...
Prevention of type 2 diabetes can be achieved with both lifestyle changes and use of medication. [1] The American Diabetes Association categorizes people with prediabetes, who have glycemic levels higher than normal but do not meet criteria for diabetes, as a high-risk group. Without intervention, people with prediabetes progress to type 2 ...
Obesity has been found to contribute to approximately 55% of cases of type 2 diabetes; [10] chronic obesity leads to increased insulin resistance that can develop into type 2 diabetes, [11] most likely because adipose tissue (especially that in the abdomen around internal organs) is a source of several chemical signals, hormones and cytokines, to other tissues.
A University of Missouri Health Care pediatrician says these healthy habits can help prevent childhood illness. Childhood illnesses spike as school year begins. Here's how to keep kids healthy
Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. [10] [11] Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin, or the cells of the body becoming unresponsive to the hormone's effects. [12]
By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) - Although being overweight as a child increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood, a new study shows that the extra risk disappears if that excess weight is ...
Prevention of diabetes mellitus type 2 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Prevention of diabetes .