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Walking
The good news is that it can be done by the vast majority of people. The bad news is that most will not do it since it requires a pretty big lifestyle change for most of them. But, the prescription is not that hard- exercise for 30 min/day and cut back on calories. Diabetes has a direct correlation with obesity and other diseases like high cholesterol and blood pressure. Exercise and diet are known to
While a lot of people will say that they don’t have enough time to exercise, that is just an excuse. Everyone can find 30 min/day to do something as simple as walking. Higher intensity exercise adds to the benefits, so 30 minutes at the gym doing weight training will have profound benefits for the vast majority of people. It really is as simple as the old Nike logo- Just Do It.
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Nearly 57 million Americans are considered prediabetic. Another 18 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, while the diabetes association estimates almost 6 million more Americans have diabetes and don’t know it. About 90 to 95 percent of diabetics have Type 2, the kind linked to obesity.
The future is potentially even gloomier, with one study estimating that one of every three children born in the U.S. in 2000 will eventually develop diabetes.
But the news isn’t all bad. Thirty minutes of daily exercise and a 5 to 10 percent loss in body weight can lower the odds of diabetes by nearly 60 percent and is more effective than medicine in delaying its onset, according to a diabetes prevention study.
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