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Weekly JAMA Feature for June 22
WEIGHT GAIN AND BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES MIDLIFE INTO OLDER AGE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DIABETES RISK
JAMA RADIO REPORT
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Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
This week’s package has an embargo until 4 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
June 22, 2010
VO: THE INCIDENCE OF DIABETES IN THE UNITED STATES HAS DOUBLED OVER PAST 15 YEARS. OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY ALONG WITH CHANGING BODY COMPOSITION ARE WELL RECOGNIZED RISK FACTORS FOR YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RISKS FOR OLDER AMERICANS? A NEW STUDY SHOWS THOSE 65 AND OLDER WHO BECOME OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE ARE ALSO AT AN INCREASED RISK FOR DEVELOPING DIABETES.
“We found it surprising that the relationship between adiposity or body fat and diabetes was so strong among older adults.”
VO: DR.’S MARY LOU BIGGS AND DAVID SISCOVICK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND ADULTS AGED 65 AND OLDER FROM 1989 TO 2007 LOOKING AT MULTIPLE MEASURES INCLUDING WEIGHT, HEIGHT, BODY FAT AND WAIST SIZE. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Older adults who had evidence of increased levels of adiposity that is being overweight or obese, were at a higher risk of developing diabetes later in life.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
June 22, 2010
VO: THE INCIDENCE OF DIABETES IN THE UNITED STATES HAS DOUBLED OVER PAST 15 YEARS. OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY ALONG WITH CHANGING BODY COMPOSITION ARE WELL RECOGNIZED RISK FACTORS FOR YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RISKS FOR OLDER AMERICANS? A NEW STUDY SHOWS THOSE 65 AND OLDER WHO BECOME OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE ARE ALSO AT AN INCREASED RISK FOR DEVELOPING DIABETES.
“We found it surprising that the relationship between adiposity or body fat and diabetes was so strong among older adults.”
VO: DR.’S MARY LOU BIGGS AND DAVID SISCOVICK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND ADULTS AGED 65 AND OLDER FROM 1989 TO 2007 LOOKING AT MULTIPLE MEASURES INCLUDING WEIGHT, HEIGHT, BODY FAT AND WAIST SIZE. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Older adults who had evidence of increased levels of adiposity that is being overweight or obese, were at a higher risk of developing diabetes later in life.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.