Type 2 Diabetes and Exercise

Posted on December 3, 2008

Just in case you don’t believe me about exercise being good for you:

“Cross -sectional, retrospective, prospective, and interventional epidemiologic research, including studies of enforced inactivity, provide strong evidence that regular exercise reduces type 2 diabetes risk in adolescents and adults.”¹

Reducing your risk of type 2 diabetes is just one of the benefits of regular exercise. I promise, there are plenty more.

Get some.

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William D. McArdle, Frank I. Katch and Victor L. Katch, Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance, 6th ed (Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2007): 451. [↩]

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3 Responses to “Type 2 Diabetes and Exercise”

James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. on December 4th, 2008 10:20 am

Yes there are studies showing people prone to diabetes can prevent it with healthy eating and exercise.
Thanks

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Blake Hagen on December 4th, 2008 10:39 am

@James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. Yeah, I think there are quite a few. Now if we could just help people do start doing it…
Gavan aka The Healthy Irishman on December 4th, 2008 4:18 pm

It makes sense right? You exercise a little (or a lot) more and it’s absolutely going to improve your health.