... observing a new dietary guideline aimed at preventing and halting diabetes and obesity among Indians. Dr. Anoop Misra, a director of the Diabetes Federation Of India, said the countrywide application of the “National Consensus on ... . There are 51 million diabetic Indians making the country the diabetes capital of the world. The guideline is the revised version of the rural- ...

Model-based estimates can give meaningful and valid county-level data on the prevalence of diabetes and obesity that is useful for local public health officials, according to a report published in the Nov. 20 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Hope readers have a happy Thanksgiving. I assume this is also a day when you're not going to think too much about your diet and eat what you want to eat. But I thought this map on diabetes and obesity for those age 20 and up was interesting. These are estimates, which I think explains the rather sharp boundaries at state lines (since ...

... chief of epidemiology and statistics in CDC's division of diabetes translation and the study's lead author, described ... Appalachia, 81 percent of counties have high rates of diabetes and obesity, and the study shows three-quarters of counties in the ... Indian reservations also have high rates. "We think these increases in obesity and diabetes partially reflect the cultural shifts that ...

... that the application of these guidelines will significantly help in preventing and halting diabetes and obesity epidemic in India. Countrywide adaptation of ... more green vegetables and fruits, are likely to be beneficial in preventing diabetes. Eating less and walking more, does not cost anything and the gains are far too many. So what are we waiting for? ...

... . The main risk factors for type 2 diabetes are obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. The biomedical community has known ... Federation (IDF) says that more than 190 million people worldwide currently have diabetes. This figure will rise to 330 million by 2025, due ... are diagnosed. At least half of all cases of type 2 diabetes among adults could be avoided if they did not put on weight. Taking action on ...