High Protein Diets are Integral to Weight Loss Success
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Mar 28, 2023 | Weight Management, Health, Food, Nutrition, Blogs
Diets higher in protein improve energy, enhance weight loss, and decrease fat mass while simultaneously preserving lean muscle mass. The benefits of diets high in protein are well-established and documented. Diets higher in protein improve energy, enhance weight loss, and decrease fat mass while simultaneously preserving lean muscle mass. Protein...
What is the Role of Diet in Mitigating a Complication of Diabetes that Affects the Eyes?
by tbroadbent@robard.com | Feb 27, 2023 | Weight Management
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Diet may be a contributing factor to reducing the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy, a microvascular complication that affects retinal capillaries, affects one third of patients with diabetes, and if left untreated, it could result in partial vision loss or complete blindness.1 Diabetic retinopathy can...
What Challenges do People with Disabilities & Obesity Face?
by tbroadbent@robard.com | Feb 1, 2023 | Weight Management, Blogs
What Challenges do People with Disabilities & Obesity Face? Twenty-six percent the adult population has a disability, and among them, nearly 40 percent have obesity. Twenty-six percent the adult population has a disability, and among them, nearly 40 percent have obesity. That means this group has one of the highest levels of obesity compared to other...
Factors and Options to Succeed at Weight Loss
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 27, 2016 | Weight Management
When weight loss is recommended for a person with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes, it may be confusing. What should you do to start losing weight and what are the options? In 2013, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) published an algorithm (process) for an individual and their healthcare team to help evaluate appropriate ways for...
Losing Weight: The Time is Now
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 20, 2016 | Weight Management
If you took a poll asking people with type 2 diabetes what goal(s) they would like to achieve, many would respond that they would like to lose weight. Sadly, countless people struggle with weight loss. And in many parts of the world, it doesn’t help that there are endless options for cheap and easily accessible fast food, which honestly seems more...
Medically Supervised Weight Loss Programs: What to Expect
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 13, 2016 | Weight Management
When some Americans are asked to choose between money and weight loss to make them happy, many will choose losing weight! Many people see being overweight as the reason why they are unhappy! As a result, many are willing to do anything to get to their “ideal weight”! Unfortunately, many of these same people have done many different things to lose weight...
