And Dave's sister-in-law has worked as a diabetes nurse educator....
Our good friend baby_elvis has Type 2 diabetes as well, and by virtue of modifying her eating alone (no exercise) has managed to both lose 24kg, keep her sugars down without medication, and get her Hba1c down to well into the non-diabetic range. Weight loss is commonly a part of managing the spectrum of conditions that include T2DM, polycystic ovary disease, and Syndrome X. It goes a long way to reduce or halt the progress of insulin resistance, and can improve fertility for subfertile women with PCOS.
Obesity is not a major risk factor for a whole host of things like heart disease, but it does seem to be a risk factor for some cancers eg breast cancer. Activity levels and fitness IMHO are far more important for life expectancy, independence in your later years etc than size. Active obese people are less likely to have falls, to wind up in nursing homes than inactive thin people. Keeping cholesterol and blood lipids within a certain range have been shown to be associated with lowering risk for heart and blood vessel disease, so that's a good motive to modify your fat intake.
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Date: 2005-10-21 07:53 am (UTC)Our good friend
Weight loss is commonly a part of managing the spectrum of conditions that include T2DM, polycystic ovary disease, and Syndrome X. It goes a long way to reduce or halt the progress of insulin resistance, and can improve fertility for subfertile women with PCOS.
Obesity is not a major risk factor for a whole host of things like heart disease, but it does seem to be a risk factor for some cancers eg breast cancer.
Activity levels and fitness IMHO are far more important for life expectancy, independence in your later years etc than size. Active obese people are less likely to have falls, to wind up in nursing homes than inactive thin people.
Keeping cholesterol and blood lipids within a certain range have been shown to be associated with lowering risk for heart and blood vessel disease, so that's a good motive to modify your fat intake.