Simply eating less fat may reduce the risk of diabetes

weight loss cannot be held to reduce the risk of a person for diabetes, a new study argues.

Rather, the study concluded, small dietary changes can make a big difference of risk, even without weight loss and for Blacks particularly.

For the study, published online may 18 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers have developed 69 obese people at risk for diabetes diet for eight weeks with only small reductions for their intake of carbohydrates to fat. Low-fat group consume a diet composed of 27% of fatty carbohydrates and 55%. Group feeding low carbohydrate was 39 per cent fat and 43% of carbohydrates.

"Eight weeks, the Group on the diet low fat had significantly higher insulin secretion and glucose tolerance better and tend to be higher insulin sensitivity," lead author of the study, Barbara Gowera Professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in a press release from the University. The findings have been described as more strong among black participants.

"These improvements indicate a decrease in the risk for diabetes," said Gower.

Surprisingly, she added, participants in the study were at low risk for the disease regardless of whether if they have lost any weight.

"People find it hard to lose weight," said Gower. "" "". What is important about our study is that the results suggest that attention to the quality of the diet, not the quantity, can make a difference in the risk of diabetes type 2. ?

Limiting the daily fat intake to about 27% of the diet of the person can reduce the risk of diabetes in the long term, a study found.

Researchers noted that the necessary dietary changes are minimal and therefore easy to manage.

"Diets used in this study were actually quite moderate," Laura Lee Gorée, a dietitian at the University and a co-author of the study, said in the press release. "People at risk for diabetes could easily adopt the diet low fat, we have used.".

Mozambique aims to reduce mortality from measles by 98%: United Nations (AFP)

MARRACUENE Mozambique (AFP) - plans Mozambique for $ 3.6 million children vaccinated against measles over the next five days to reduce the mortality of 98 per cent at the end of 2012, an official of the foundation of the United Nations said Sunday.

This will bring the country of southern Africa more closely to a purpose of a world Organization (who) signed by 46 countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reduce mortality from measles from 98 per cent.

"This campaign was established in Mozambique in a position to be the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the goal of 2012," said Andrea Gay, Director General for the health of children in the United Nations Foundation.

Responsible for health across the country will be vaccinated children less than five years from Monday to Friday in a campaign of 4.5 million (three million euros).

Representatives of who, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. former Senator Bob Bennett inspected the preparations to the hospital in Marracuene district outside the capital of Mozambique Maputo before the start of the campaign.

One of the poorest countries of the world, Mozambique has improved vaccination against measles for 74.1% of the population.

"Globally we can eradicate measles by 2020," said Gay.

Increased campaign of vaccination in Mozambique has helped to reduce the number of infections an epidemic in 2010, according to a statement by UNICEF and who.

The country recorded 434 cases, down 197 000 cases in 2007.

"It is very rare for doctors to find cases of measles in Mozambique today", Health Minister Paulo Ivo Garridohe told the State AIM news agency.

The country of 22.1 million inhabitants is subject to flooding and access to medical care is limited.