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November 2007
Study Sees Signs of Obesity Rates Stalling
Health Behavior News Digest - November 29, 2007
(New York Times) Obesity rates in women have leveled off and stayed steady since 1999, long enough for researchers to say the plateau appears to be real. And, they say, there are hints that the rates may be leveling off for men, too.
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For Diabetes Patients, Meal Planning Is Key to Success
ADA Diabetes World - December 29, 2007
One of the best ways for people with diabetes to ensure that they maintain consistent blood glucose levels is by establishing a daily meal plan. Each day's plan should include a balanced diet over the course of three meals and a bedtime snack.
Read more >> Exercise Rates Are Up, CDC Study Says
Health Behavior News Digest - November 26, 2007
(Associated Press) More U.S. adults are getting physical — or at least that's what they're telling researchers. A national telephone survey found the percentage of women who report regular physical activity rose to about 47% in 2005, up from 43% in 2001.
The percentage of men reporting regular exertion rose to about 50%, from 48%
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Kids Will Eat Healthy School Food
Health Behavior News Digest - November 26, 2007
(Associated Press) Bucking some common notions, a University of Minnesota study has found that school lunch sales don't decline when healthier meals are served, and that more nutritious lunches don't necessarily cost schools more to produce.
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Racial Disparities in Diabetes Mortality Among Persons Aged 1-19 Years - United States, 1979-2004
ADA Diabetes World - December 22, 2007
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sought to assess the racial disparities in diabetes death rates among people ages one to 19 years from 1979 to 2004.
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Pedometers May Encourage Weight Loss
Health Behavior News Digest - November 21, 2007
(Associated Press) A $20 fitness gadget stood up to multiple research studies, helping people walk an additional mile each day _ but only if they logged their steps. Those who did lowered their blood pressure and lost a few pounds, an analysis found.
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Some Diabetics Prone to Unsafe Driving Choices
Health Behavior News Digest - November 21, 2007
(Reuters) Drivers with diabetes who have trouble telling when their blood sugar is low may get behind the wheel when they shouldn't, a small study suggests.
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Diabetics Risk Foot Ulcers from Ill-Fitting Shoes
Health Behavior News Digest - November 20, 2007
(Reuters) New research from the UK suggests that most people with diabetes are wearing shoes that don't fit correctly, putting them at risk of foot ulcers, which can ultimately lead to amputation.
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Diabetes Death Rates Higher in Black than White Youths
Health Behavior News Digest - November 19, 2007
(Reuters) During the past two and a half decades, consistent racial disparities have existed in diabetes mortality among young Americans, with death rates for black youths significantly higher those for white youths.
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Diabetes Drug to Warn of Risk to Heart
Health Behavior News Digest - November 15, 2007
(Associated Press) The government slapped a prominent, though confusing, warning on the popular diabetes drug Avandia on Wednesday telling patients that it may, or may not, increase the risk of heart attacks.
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Diabetes Strikes Younger and Younger
Health Behavior News Digest - November 13, 2007
(USA Today) The trend toward more high-fat food and less high-activity play has run smack into a genetic predisposition for diabetes in some communities, especially those with large Latino populations, sparking what pediatrician Jane Lynch of the Texas Diabetes Institute calls a "very scary, very alarming" epidemic of type 2 diabetes in children.
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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Among Adults With Diabetes--United States, 1997--2006
ADA Diabetes World - December 8, 2007
A recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a telephone survey conducted across the 50 states among adults aged 18 years and older, indicates the number of people with diabetes who checked their blood-glucose levels daily rose from 40.6 percent in 1997 to 63.4 percent in 2006.
Read more >> Heart Disease Declines Among U.S. Diabetics
Health Behavior News Digest - November 2, 2007
(Reuters) From 1997 to 2005, the percentage of U.S. diabetics, 35 years of age or older, with self-reported heart disease decreased by 11 percent, according to findings released Thursday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Arming Patients in the Battle Against Diabetes
Health Behavior News Digest - November 2, 2007
(Seattle Times) ...Diabetes rates among the region's minority groups, like those all over the country, are soaring. But combating it has been tough because of cultural divides. Language gaps, varied eating habits and even differing attitudes about exercise have caused many public-health efforts to be lost in translation.
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Linking Doctors’ Pay to Performance Has Little Effect on Diabetes Outcomes
Health Behavior News Digest - November 1, 2007
Linking doctors’ pay to how well they follow treatment guidelines can improve quality of care but not health outcomes, according to a study of 1,666 poor, uninsured patients with diabetes.
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