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Diet, lifestyle, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women

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About 90% of all cases of type 2 diabetes in women could have been prevented by changes in lifestyle. In a study of 84,941 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study, women who were not overweight, didn't smoke, got regular exercise, and ate a low-fat diet had one-tenth the risk of developing type 2 diabetes as the other women. Obesity was the biggest risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

Author: Colditz, Graham, Stampfer, Meir J., Hu, Frank B., Manson, Joann E., Liu, Simin, Solomon, Caren G., Willett, Walter C.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2001
Life style, Lifestyles, Diet

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Long or highly irregular menstrual cycles as a marker for risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. (ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION)

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Women with irregular menstrual cycles are twice as likely to develop type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, according to a study of 101,073 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study II. The increased risk of type 2 diabetes was even evident in women who were not obese, although obese women had a greater risk than non-obese women.

Author: Willett, Walter C., Hu, Frank B., Manson, Joann E., Colditz, Graham A., Speizer, Frank E., Hunter, David J., Solomon, Caren G., Dunaif, Andrea, Rich-Edwards, Janet
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
Menstruation disorders

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Adiposity as compared with physical activity in predicting mortality among women

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A study is conducted to investigate whether higher levels of physical activity can counteract the elevated risk of death associated with adiposity. The conclusion states that both increased adiposity and reduced physical activity are strong and independent predators of death.

Author: Willett, Walter C., Stampfer, Meir J., Hu, Frank B., Manson, Joann E., Li, Tricia, Cilditz, Graham A.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
United States, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research and Testing Services, Medical Research, Epilepsy & Muscle Disease R&D, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Research Programs, Methods, Cardiovascular diseases, Exercise, Cancer, Medicine, Experimental

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Subjects list: Health aspects, Risk factors, Type 2 diabetes
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