MOUNTAIN IRON â Local lifestyle coach Marcia Aluni says she would not be surprised if pre-diabetes is on the rise since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) coach noted that quarantining during the pandemic has, for some individuals, decreased activity levels and boosted stress and weight gain.
âThese are all factors that increase the risk for diabetes,â she said.
People who have diabetes are also at increased risk of severe complications from COVID-19. This is an important time, therefore, to continue with the NDPP, a year-long initiative that has been offered for several years at no cost to participants at the Mesabi Family YMCA in Mountain Iron.
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Four University of Utah Health projects have received grants designed to activate novel research in the areas of diabetes, obesity, and metabolism. The grants awarded by Driving Out Diabetes, a Larry H. Miller Family Wellness Initiative, and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center will support investigators in various colleges and departments across U of U Health, including internal medicine, psychology, pathology, and nutrition and integrative physiology.
“We have remarkable scientists at U of U Health who are tackling important issues in diabetes and metabolism,” says Scott Summers, Ph.D
., chair of the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and co-director for the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center. “The 2021 funded projects demonstrate exceptional research rigor while addressing important clinical needs.”
Reducing the prevalence of obesity may prevent up to half of new Type 2 diabetes cases in the United States, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.
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DALLAS, Feb. 10, 2021 Reducing the prevalence of obesity may prevent up to half of new Type 2 diabetes cases in the United States, according to new research published today in the
Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. Obesity is a major contributor to diabetes, and the new study suggests more tailored efforts are needed to reduce the incidence of obesity-related diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, affecting more than 31 million Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[1]. The risk factors for Type 2 diabetes include being overweight or having obesity; being over the age of 45; having an immediate family member diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes; being physically active less than 3 times per week; or a history of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy). Type 2 diabetes is more common among people who are Black, Hispanic or Latino, American I
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