[acb-diabetics] WEIGHT LOSS

[Patricia LaFrance-Wolf]

Dear Diabetes Community Member: 

 

As you may know, maintaining healthy body weight is a crucial part of
maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. Excessive body weight is one of the
primary

risk factors for type 2 diabetes, and contributes to the difficulty that
many people with type 2 diabetes have with managing their blood sugar
levels.

 

 

When planning your efforts to reach and maintain your healthy body weight,
it may help to remember this simple set or formulas: 

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Calories in food > Calories used = Weight gain 

Calories in food < Calories used = Weight loss 

Calories in food = Calories used = Weight control 

In other words, managing weight also means managing diet (in addition to
regular healthy exercise). Managing all of these elements together can help
you

keep your blood sugar levels within the range that's healthy for you, and
that can help you gain better control of your type 2 diabetes. (Remember:
always

consult your doctor before making any type 2 diabetes-related decisions
regarding your diet, your medication, or your exercise regimen.) For more
helpful

information on how people with type 2 diabetes can reach their healthy
weight goals, visit these useful sites: 

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. The Weight-Control Information Network (WIN): a diabetes-related resource
sponsored by the 

National Institutes of Health 

. "Weight Loss Matters": a series of articles from the 

American Diabetes Association 

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Of course, you can also visit the Diabetes Community home page at 

www.DiabetesCommunityOnline.com

 for more informative resources for people with type 2 diabetes, and for
updates on current and ongoing clinical research studies sponsored by Merck
& Co.,

Inc. Physicians and researchers are actively conducting these research
studies to develop new investigational drugs for type 2 diabetes and its
symptoms,

and you may want to consider being a part of these medical research efforts.


 

Thank you for being a part of the Diabetes Community. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

The Diabetes Community 

 

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Co., Inc. 

 

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