A Fully Automated Web-Based Program Improves Lifestyle Habits and HbA1c in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Abdominal Obesity: Randomized Trial of Patient E-Coaching Nutritional Support (The ANODE Study).

Background: The prevalence of abdominal obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a public health challenge. New solutions need to be developed to help patients implement lifestyle changes.

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate a fully automated Web-based intervention designed to help users improve their dietary habits and increase their physical activity.

Effect of Ramadan observance on maximal muscular performance of trained men.

Objective: To assess the influence of Ramadan fasting on maximal performance of moderately trained young men using various tests of muscle performance.

Design: Comparison of Ramadan fasting (n = 10) versus control group (n = 10) over 3 test sessions, before Ramadan (B), at the end of the first week of Ramadan (R-1), and during the fourth week of Ramadan (R-4).

Setting: At each 2-day test session, 4 tests were performed in the same order: measurement of vertical jump height (VJH) and a force-velocity test using the arms on day 1, and measurement of handgrip force (HGF), and a force-velocity test using the legs on day 2.

Ultrasound measurement of total body fat in obese adolescents.

Background/aims: To compare body fat (BF) measurements obtained with a new ultrasound method with those assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in obese adolescents.

Methods: In 94 adolescents (57 females and 37 males) aged 12-19 years and body mass index (BMI) exceeding 30 kg.m(-2), the z-score BMI for age was 6.