Abstract Type 2 diabetes (T2D), which has currently become a global pandemic, is a
metabolic disease largely characterised by impaired insulin secretion and action. Significant …

Obesity must be considered a real pathology. In the world wide, obesity represent one of the
major public health issue associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Overweight or …

Objective Development of these guidelines is mandated by the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Board of Directors and the American College of …

Background In the elderly, chronic low-grade inflammation (inflammaging) is a risk factor for
the development of aging-related diseases and frailty. Using data from several thousand …

Background—The prevalence of smoking in diabetic patients remains high, and reliable
quantification of the excess mortality and morbidity risks associated with smoking is …

TO THE EDITOR: Financial incentives can reinforce consumer behavior (for example,
offering money back for using a specific credit card), and these procedures are gaining …

Background The level of body-mass index (BMI) associated with the lowest risk of death
remains unclear. Although differences in muscle mass limit the utility of BMI as a measure of …

Despite a strong association between body weight and mortality in the general population,
clinical evidence suggests better clinical outcome of overweight or obese individuals with …

Sarcopenia is of important clinical relevance for loss of independence in older adults. The
prevalence of obesity in combination with sarcopenia ('sarcopenic-obesity') is increasing at …

Objective To synthesise the available scientific evidence on the effects of combined exercise
on glycaemic control, weight loss, insulin sensitivity, blood pressure and serum lipids among …