Trajectories of obesity by spousal diabetes status in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Omar Silverman-RetanaA HulmanR K SimmonsJ NielsenD R Witte

Published in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2018)

We found a positive association between spousal diabetes status and obesity development, which differed by sex among middle-aged individuals. Evidence from couple-based interventions is needed to test whether the latter could improve the current individual-focused public health strategies for obesity prevention.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
public health
high fat diet induced
weight gain
middle aged
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
physical activity
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle