Diabetes Spectrum May 2014 The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has long recognized the integral role of nutrition therapy in overall diabetes management and recommends that each person with diabetes receive an individualized eating plan that has been developed in collaboration with his or her health care provider (HCP).1 To ensure that members of the health care team […]
JAMA: May 7, 2014 mportance Despite concern about an “epidemic,” there are limited data on trends in prevalence of either type 1 or type 2 diabetes across US race and ethnic groups. Objective To estimate changes in the prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in US youth, by sex, age, and race/ethnicity between 2001 and 2009. Design, […]
Tamhsc.edu: May 1, 2014 America is growing older and wider. At the same time baby boomers (the population born between 1946 and 1964) are celebrating their 65thbirthdays, obesity rates in the United States are skyrocketing. Seventy-five percent of Americans are currently living beyond the age of 65, which is great news. But more than one-third of […]
Am J Clin Nutr: July 2014 Background: Epidemiologic evidence for the relation between carbohydrate quality and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been mixed. Objective: We prospectively examined the association of dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) with T2D risk. Read More
Springer: 4/26/14 Aims/hypothesis Coffee and tea consumption has been associated with a lower type 2 diabetes risk but little is known about how changes in coffee and tea consumption influence subsequent type 2 diabetes risk. We examined the associations between 4 year changes in coffee and tea consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in the subsequent […]
Clinical Diabetes: April 2014 This article describes available insulin products and published guidelines to aid clinicians in making treatment decisions for insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes. It establishes the need for a thorough evaluation of the literature regarding ambulatory insulin dosing to further inform providers who manage insulin therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes. […]
Diabetes Care: May 2014 OBJECTIVE Suboptimal adherence to diabetes medications is prevalent and associated with unfavorable health outcomes, but it remains unclear what intervention content is necessary to effectively promote medication adherence in diabetes. In other disease contexts, the Information–Motivation–Behavioral skills (IMB) model has effectively explained and promoted medication adherence and thus may have utility in explaining […]
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