A great deal of scientific research suggests that overweight people differ in physical ways from their thinner counterparts. Their bodies respond differently to many foods they eat, producing an increased or recurring hunger, a seeming drive to eat, and a tendency to store fat. More and wore scientific research suggests that many overweight people suffer [...]

A 70-year-old white woman was first seen in April, 1 998, when random blood glucose values by fingersticks were 285 and 273 mg/dl. About 6 years before her first visit, her primary care physician told her she had a “tendency towards diabetes” and should go on a diet. At the age of 50 she weighed [...]

The most common type of diabetes (type 2 diabetes) is the result of insulin not working properly and usually affects people over the age of 40. Overeating, being overweight and not exercising enough are important factors (what we call lifestyle factors) which can lead to this type of diabetes, especially when there is someone else [...]