Pregnancy and obesity – the problems we need to address
My opinion piece in today’s JEP looks at the health problems (immediate and in the future) of being obese when pregnant and at how much …
Tag: obesity
Number of adults with diabetes has quadrupled since 1980
The the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that the number of adults estimated to be living with diabetes has nearly quadrupled to 422 million …
‘Why I won’t practise medicine of failure’
Good for Tim Noakes! I hope he wipes the floor with the HPCSA. Not sure what this is about? Read on…
Carbohydrates and insulin resistance [Study]
This study looked at the effect of nutrients (or lack thereof) on inflammation, insulin resistance and obesity in pre-pubescent and pubescent children. Here’s a summary …