Feeling tired? Your lack of rest may be putting you at increased
risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. That's the conclusion of a
new paper, published in The American Journal of Human Biology,
that looked at evidence collected from numerous experimental and
observational studies. The link was clear: People who got less
than six hours of sleep a night were more likely to have a high
body mass index (BMI) and be obese. The connection found in the
study seems stronger for children and teenagers, which is
especially worrisome given the skyrocketing rates of type 2
diabetes in young people. Just a 1 percent weight loss in older
people with type 2 diabetes can improve their physical mobility
by up to 7 percent, according to a new study just published in
the New England Journal of Medicine. When first diagnosed with
type 2 diabetes two years ago, I was scared into a very rigid
regime of diet and exercise. The first thing I did was register
for the Tour de Cure - a bike ride sponsored by the American
Diabetes Associat