• DOI:10.1093/AJCN/83.2.284
Corpus ID: 4493235

Potato and french fry consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in women.

@article{Halton2006PotatoAF,
  title={Potato and french fry consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in women.},
  author={T. Halton and W. Willett and S. Liu and J. Manson and M. Stampfer and F. Hu},
  journal={The American journal of clinical nutrition},
  year={2006},
  volume={83 2},
  pages={
          284-90
        }
}

• T. Halton, W. Willett, +3 authors F. Hu
• Published 2006
• Medicine
• The American journal of clinical nutrition

BACKGROUND Potatoes, a high glycemic form of carbohydrate, are hypothesized to increase insulin resistance and risk of type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine prospectively the relation between potato consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes. DESIGN We conducted a prospective study of 84,555 women in the Nurses' Health Study. At baseline, the women were aged 34-59 y, had no history of chronic disease, and completed a validated food-frequency questionnaire. The… Expand

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