Last April 2009 a study was published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine which reported that sweetened beverages and physical inactivity were independently linked to insulin resistance in adolescents.
From Medpage Today:
If you’re in in your twenties and already unfit, meaning you’re not having an active lifestyle most of the time, then chances are that you’re going to be diabetic by the time you get to your forties.
A study done by the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) had suggested that waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio may help assess the risk for death.
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Taken from Medscape’s heartwire
French researchers found a relation between heart rate (HR) and death by assessing HR changes over number of years. Dr. Xavier Jouven and colleagues of the Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France reported their findings in the American Journal of Cardiology, 7 November 2008. More »

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