Sentences with phrase «particularly obesity and diabetes»

Much of his work has focused on metabolic diseases, particularly obesity and diabetes.

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With most modern pet foods being highly processed, particularly with corn gluten, pets are also seeing upticks in issues such as obesity and diabetes.

Obesity is strongly linked to virtually all forms of chronic disease, particularly heart disease and diabetes.

The incidence of obesity and related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, particularly amongst youth populations, is rising at an alarming rate.

«People with psoriasis, particularly those with more severe disease, have an increased risk for a variety of other health problems, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke and heart attack,» says board - certified dermatologist Jashin J. Wu, MD, FAAD, director of dermatology research at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

For the 2.2 million Americans with schizophrenia and the 5.7 million Americans with bipolar disorder, the increased prevalence of obesity and its related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is particularly disconcerting.

Based on Dr. Nelson's fundamental work, particularly in the area of molecular, cultivation - independent analysis of the structure and function of microbiomes, nowadays researchers understand the human microbiome as an important factor driving human health and investigate links between changes in microbiome structures and diseases like diabetes or obesity.

The food efficiency is particularly informative to assess the contribution of the intestinal absorption in energy metabolism in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and metabolic diseases (diabetes, obesity,...) that are associated with alteration or adaptation of the whole energy balance.

The Committee for a Healthy Nation is a project of The Nutrition & Metabolism Society, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit health organization providing research, information and education in the application of fundamental science to nutrition, particularly dedicated to the problems of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

High fructose corn syrup is a particularly processed form of sugar derived from regular corn syrup, and has been pinpointed as a definite contributor to diabetes and obesity (4).

Epidemiology also strongly suggests that regular moderate alcohol consumption has a major favorable impact on diabetes risk, particularly in women; this may reflect a direct insulin - sensitizing effect on muscle and, in women, a reduced risk for obesity.

During this period, I witnessed firsthand (with the 18,000 dogs and cats under my company's care) the silent epidemic of pet obesity and the rapid rise of diabetes in dogs, and particularly in cats.

They're particularly rich in omega - 3 alpha - linolenic acid, which has been shown to help decrease the risk of obesity, diabetes, and even promote the growth of healthy hair and skin.

They are also very important in the development of human type 2 diabetes and relate to lifestyle, particularly obesity and physical inactivity.

NPR reported on the first soda tax to be passed in the US, with voters in Berkeley, California, passing the measure aimed at reducing the effects of sugar consumption on health, particularly increased rates of obesity and diabetes.

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27