Diabetes
"Self-Reported Weight Loss among Adults with Diabetes: Results from a National Health Survey."
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 25th, 1995
According to the author's abstract of an article published in Diabetic Medicine, "Although weight reduction can have a favorable effect on glucose control among persons with diabetes mellitus (DM), no national data have been used to describe weight loss among persons with DM. To address this gap, national survey data were used to assess self-reported weight loss among persons from the USA with and without DM and to identify how other factors might interact with DM to increase the risk of weight loss. Data from the 1989 United States National Health Interview Survey were analyzed for 2185 persons with DM and 18304 persons without DM. Fifty-five percent of persons with DM reported they...
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