Dietary Behaviors Predict Glycemic Control in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes

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OBJECTIVE—To investigate the association between dietary adherence and glycemic control among youth with type 1 diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 119 youth aged 9–14 years (mean ± SD 12.1 ± 1.6 years) with diabetes duration 1 year (5.4 ± 3.1 years). Dietary adherence was assessed using the Diabetes Self-Management Profile diet domain. Higher score defined greater dietary adherence. Glycemic control was determined by A1C.

RESULTS—Dietary adherence score was inversely correlated with A1C (r = –0.36, P < 0.0001)

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Smart Girls Eat Fish

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Girls who eat more omega-3 fatty acids outsmart those who eat higher amounts of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research. As a result of this and other studies, government dietary recommendations--especially those aimed at pregnant women--should emphasize fish over soy and corn oils, which are respectively high in these fatty acids.

Women who accumulated more fat on their hips than on their waists--and who, therefore, had low waist-hip ratios like many movie stars--had higher cognitive test scores, as did their children

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Breaking up workouts may burn fat faster

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A team of Japanese and Danish researchers reports, breaking up an exercise session, by adding a rest period in between, may boost a workout's fat-burning efficiency.

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UCLA Identifies New Molecule Involved In The Body's Processing Of Dietary Fat

collapsar submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.medicalnewstoday.com)

UCLA investigators have identified a new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells for energy and storage. Published in the April issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, the finding could lead to a better understanding of how we utilize fats from the foods we eat.

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Study finds dietary fat interacts with genes

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Research finds that for most adults in the Framingham Heart Study, dietary fat intake is associated with body mass index (BMI). However, for 13 percent of the study population with a specific gene variant within the apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5), higher dietary fat was not related to a higher BMI.

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Dietary Fat and Postmenopausal Invasive Breast Cancer in the National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Study Cohort

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“Although ecologic association and animal studies support a direct effect of dietary fat on the development of breast cancer, results of epidemiologic studies have been inconclusive. We prospectively analyzed the association between fat consumption and the incidence of postmenopausal invasive breast cancer in the National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Study, a US cohort comprising 188 736 postmenopausal women who completed a 124-item food-frequency questionnaire in 1995–1996

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