“What can you do with three diabetics?” This past fall, I attended a conference and ran into a favorite mentor. He keeps up with the latest studies and the first thing he said to me was, “What can you do with three diabetics?” I was confused – not sure if it was a joke or a hypothetical question. He went on to tell me about a hot-off-the-presses study in BMJ Case Reports that demonstrated the effectiveness of intermittent fasting to improve glucose control for three patients referred to a dietary management clinic.
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A food desert is an area that lacks or has limited access to fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthy foods; they typically occur in urban or low-income areas. We’ve shared posts discussing multiple aspects of food deserts, such as: examining the effects of banning new fast-food restaurants, challenging long accepted theories surrounding food deserts, and evaluating how proximity to a supermarket may or may not lead to a healthier weight.
While it was once generally accepted that food deserts contribute to the rate of overweight/obesity, more recent studies have found that new grocery stores and increased access to food did not cause significant improvements to BMI and self-reported health. There was an increase in psychological health and “perceptions of food access” reported, but not the health outcomes that we would’ve once expected. |