Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America 

TL;DR: Differences in genetic background, diet,levels of physical activity, population age and sex structure, levels of over- and undernutrition, and body habitus all influence the prevalence of both the metabolic syndrome and its components.

TL;DR: The epidemiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus around the world and across the lifespan is described and data indicates that the incidence of T1D has been increasing by 2% to 5% worldwide and that the prevalence is approximately 1 in 300 in the United States by 18 years of age.

TL;DR: Overall, GEP-NET survival has improved over the past 3 decades, although the outcome for poorly differentiated tumors remains dismal.

TL;DR: The challenges for the future include the prevention or correction of obesity and elevated plasma FFA levels through methods that include decreased caloric intake and increased caloric expenditure, the development of methods to measure FFAs in small blood samples, and the developmentof efficient pharmacologic approaches to normalize increased plasma F FA levels.

TL;DR: Behavioral treatment for obesity seeks to identify and modify eating, activity, and thinking habits that contribute to patients' weight problems as discussed by the authors, recognizing that body weight is affected by factors other than behavior, which include genetic, metabolic, and hormonal influences.