Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 24, 2024

In the US, over 45% of the population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes 1. The absolute majority of those with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which is usually associated with excess visceral fat and poor cardiometabolic health. Because a diagnosis of diabetes is very likely to shorten your life. Pre-Diabetes.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Excess weight, as measured by BMI, is typically considered a measure of excess body fat. Excess visceral fat results in a higher risk of insulin resistance, which is the precursor state to diabetes. When someone is classified as being of ‘normal’ weight, that typically means they have a BMI of less than 25.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 25, 2023

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] These individuals tend to have a better prognosis when compared to both individuals with normal weight (BMI of 18.5

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A 10 to 15kg weight loss in those who are overweight can reverse diabetes in 57% of patients with diabetes 1. Even in diabetics of normal weight (BMI<27), weight loss can reverse diabetes 2. 2018 Feb 10;391(10120):541-551. Diabetes 70(Supplement 1):1184-P What should you eat to do this?

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Reliability of self-reported risk factors was high in overweight (F1 0.81) and diabetes (F1 0.71), moderate in hearing impairment (F1 0.59) and hypertension (F1 0.56) and low in hypercholesterolemia (F1 0.49) and kidney disease (F1 0.25).

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

17.4]) and was also more likely to have diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, chronic lung disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, BMI ≥ 25, anemia, metastatic cancer, and atrial fibrillation. The overall study population was compared to the general population, non-hemophilia. The hemophilia cohort was slightly older (63.2[16.8]

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 16, 2024

Falling into the class of obesity with a BMI of greater than 30 makes this more likely, but so also does having excess visceral fat deposition with significant metabolic consequences at a BMI less than 30. The distinction here is the metabolic consequences of excess fat causing a health risk rather than focusing on the BMI cutoff.

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