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Obesity and Diabetes
Impact of Population-Wide Weight Loss Observed
October 8th, 2007
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Cienfuegos, Cuba and Loyola University had a unique opportunity to observe the impact of population-wide weight loss due to sustained reductions in caloric intake and an increase in energy output. This situation occurred during the economic crisis of Cuba in 1989-2000. As a result, obesity declined, as did deaths attributed to diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke. The study was published as an Advance Access study by the American Journal of Epidemiology. "This is the first, and probably the only, natural experiment, born of unfortunate circumstances, where large effects on diabetes,...
Source: Biotech Business Week (2007-10-08)
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