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Heart Health Made Simple—No Specialist Required.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

You might have to pay to exercise that choice, but simply complaining that you have been ‘assigned’ a primary doctor will not help YOU here. E.g. High Blood Pressure, Diabetes Diagnosed three years ago. List vital measurements—eg Weight, Height, BMI etc. But you do. You always have a choice.

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Abstract 4115222: Distinct Demographic, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Different Types of Self-Care in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes and in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Circulation

Background:Poor self-care in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) leads to increased diabetes complications and health costs. 003), lower body mass index (BMI) (p =.040), 302), while lower BMI (p =.045) 003), lower body mass index (BMI) (p =.040), 302), while lower BMI (p =.045)

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Physiology Friday #200: Higher Aerobic Fitness is Tied to Slower Biological Aging

Physiologically Speaking

Physical fitness was measured using VO2 peak obtained during a maximal exercise test (the gold standard way to measure this outcome). Furthermore, higher oxygen consumption at the ventilatory threshold — an indicator of submaximal exercise capacity, was also associated with lower biological aging. The early bird gets the worm.

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Exploring Obesity and the Latest Advances in Weight Loss Drugs during Healthy Weight Week

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

It increases the likelihood of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. These pharmaceutical interventions have emerged as a viable option for individuals who have been struggling with weight management and offer an additional tool alongside other lifestyle modifications such as exercise.

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What To Eat To Lose Weight & Maintain Muscle

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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. Share For a 45-year-old male, 180cm tall, 95 kg in weight, exercising 4 to 5 times per week (Because you should be!).

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Obesity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Insights from the REDUCE LAP?HF II trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Patients with more severe obesity were more likely to have responder characteristics for atrial shunt therapy (fewer pacemakers and lower exercise pulmonary vascular resistance [PVR]). of patients had BMI ≥30 kg/m 2. Strain measurements in all four chambers were maintained as BMI increased. Overall, 60.9%

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Should You Take Ozempic To Lose Weight?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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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