Historically, nutrition principles and recommendations for diabetes and related
complications have been based on scientific evidence and diabetes knowledge when …

Overweight/obesity continues to increase in children and adolescents, and annual obesity-
related hospital costs in 6–17 yr olds have reached $127 million per year. Overweight …

Background: The long-term relations between specific types of dietary fat and risk of type 2
diabetes remain unclear. Objective: Our objective was to examine the relations between …

Although diet and nutrition are widely believed to play an important part in the development
of Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, specific dietary factors have not been …

Aims/hypothesis Diet is thought to play an important role in the aetiology of type 2 diabetes.
Previous studies have found positive associations between meat consumption and the risk …

Insulin resistance is the pathogenetic link underlying the different metabolic abnormalities
clustering in the metabolic syndrome. It can be induced by different environmental factors …

OBJECTIVE—To examine dietary fat and meat intake in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We prospectively followed 42,504 male participants …

ContextNuts are high in unsaturated (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated) fat and other
nutrients that may improve glucose and insulin homeostasis. ObjectiveTo examine …

Insulin resistance plays an important role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes; however,
the multiple mechanisms causing insulin resistance are not yet fully understood. The aim of …

The prevalence of obesity has grown to an alarming level of at least 300 million people
worldwide. Additionally, a diabetes epidemic is underway, with an estimate of 217 million …