But when price trends for cheaper and more expensive houses diverge, the effect of the mortgage lenders' method is to give the same weight to each type of property.
Unfortunately, this statistic cuts like a knife the other way as well: research also shows that low testosterone in men is linked to weight gain, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (along with poor sexual performance).
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Still, most people could forestall this type of diabetes by keeping their weight down and taking some exercise.
The researchers took into account smoking, weight, physical activity, type 2 diabetes, and other factors that could influence the results.
This type of training can also help prevent weight loss plateaus, which often occur during weight loss accompanied by exercise because the fitter or trimmer that you are, the fewer calories you burn doing the same workout.
Gaining too much weight is a major contributor to Type 2 diabetes, since excess fat cells can affect the way the body breaks down glucose and produces insulin, but some normal weight individuals can develop the disease as well.
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One type of therapy used in the study is body-weight-support treadmill training, in which a patient's weight is supported by a harness over a treadmill while therapists help move his legs.
For most, but not all, maintenance of a normal weight and a good diet will prevent development of type 2 diabetes.
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That extra weight can lead to serious health problems, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and psychosocial issues such as peer discrimination or poor self-esteem.
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"Even so, it is not definitive evidence that sugar-sweetened soft drinks increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, other than through their effect on body weight, " he added.
About 47 percent of patients without type 2 diabetes lost at least 5 percent of their body weight compared with about 23 percent of patients treated with placebo.
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The team studied 18 weight-related medical conditions, including cardiac disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, stroke and lower back pain.
But only 38% knew passing urine frequently was an indication of type 1 diabetes, while even fewer - 28% - linked weight loss with the condition.
Type 2 can often be treated with diet modification and can improve significantly with weight loss and exercise.
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People who carry excess weight, especially in their midsection, are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes because the fat in their tissues causes an imbalance of insulin in the body.
About 24 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and 90 percent of those cases are type 2 diabetes, which is more likely to occur with aging, excess weight and a sedentary lifestyle.
Children unable to lose weight as they grow older may develop chronic and life-threatening diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
The completer weight loss experienced by lorcaserin patients will reduce those patients risks from turning into a full blown Type II diabetic by 58%.
Conversely, BMI may underestimate body fat in a very small-framed person, someone who has very little muscle mass, or a person who carries his or her excess weight mainly around the midsection and has very thin arms and legs (the so called apple shaped body type).
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