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Somewhat. John Kirwan, PhD, was baffled. While conducting a study on diabetes risk, he expected his study’s older, overweight participants to become healthier after 12 weeks of supervised exercise. What he didn’t expect was that a handful of people would virtually erase their risk – slashing it by 90 percent – with a simple hour of daily exercise.
Learn how you can control or even prevent your risk for diabetes.
When the diagnosis is type 2 diabetes, weight-loss surgery may hold the key to a better life, even for people considered “thin” by traditional bariatric standards. Excess weight and type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes go hand in hand. More than 80 percent of people who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Bariatric surgery has been shown to be effective for weight loss.
Learn how bariatric surgery changed the life of one woman living with type 2 diabetes.
Watch a Vodcast about treating type 2 diabetes with bariatric surgery.
Michael Roizen, MD, began getting through to his patients when he adopted the label, “anti-aging expert.” He co-founded RealAge.com, which has taught millions how to calculate their body’s age – for better or worse.
Read what “Dr. Mike,” as he’s known on Oprah and PBS specials, has to say about living healthier and younger.
On a typical day in California, half of teens eat fast food, two-thirds drink soda, yet just one-quarter eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables. From bringing back P.E. and restocking snack machines with healthy treats to selling vegetables on sidewalks, communities are stepping up to the challenge of shaping up America’s kids. If they lose this junior battle of the bulge, the very future of our children’s health is at risk.
Read more to learn what can be done to help today's children become healthy adults.
Learn how to eat mindfully
There are no rules or recipes, just a special awareness of how and why you eat.
Leslie Whitt nearly died. She’d just turned 19. The energetic blonde teen, who had been a competitive swimmer in high school in her hometown of Bethel, Ohio, was teaching a swimming class for kids with special needs at Camp Sky Ranch in Boone, N.C. when her blood sugar dropped to one-third a normal reading, causing her to lose consciousness. Following six varying diagnoses, she was diagnosed and treated correctly.
Learn more about Leslie and her unique, yet curable diagnosis.
Ellen Rome, MD, MPH, Associate Chief of Staff and Section Head for Adolescent Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, is a noted expert on eating disorders, childhood obesity and teenage pregnancy prevention. She says eating disorders are affecting younger and increasingly diverse patients. “Eating disorders are an equal-opportunity illness, affecting girls and boys from all races and walks of life,” Dr. Rome says.
Read an interview with Dr. Rome in the current issue of Cleveland Clinic Magazine.
Learn how you can detect whether someone has an eating disorder.
