Modifiable risk factors, particularly health behaviors and body mass index (BMI), measured repeatedly over time, account for about half of the socioeconomic differential observed in type 2 diabetes.

Women with a history of gestational diabetes can lower their risk for developing type 2 diabetes by optimizing modifiable risk factors for the disease, such as weight, diet, physical activity and ...

Modifiable biologic, neighborhood, psychosocial, socioeconomic, and behavioral risk factors may explain most of the approximately two-fold higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes in blacks vs ...

The absence of high BP, hyperlipidemia, underweight or overweight, diabetes and smoking could extend life expectancy by more ...

Background Prediabetes is a high-risk state for diabetes development, but little is known about the factors associated with this state. The aim of the study was to identify modifiable risk factors ...

A new study identifies insomnia as a risk factor associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study identifies 34 risk factors that are thought to increase (19) or ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Approximately 60% of dementia caregivers have at least one modifiable risk factor for dementia, such as obesity, diabetes, poor sleep, smoking, or hypertension.

This research provides valuable insights into how early intervention and proactive management of type 2 diabetes can help reduce the risk of dementia. By addressing modifiable risk factors such as ...

Researchers have used data from UK Biobank participants to reveal that diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and alcohol intake are the most harmful out of 15 modifiable risk factors for dementia.