| Brisk steps can
reduce diabetes risk
Even
less-strenuous exercise such as walking may help prevent diabetes.
References:
Hu, F.B., et
al. 1999. Walking compared with vigorous physical activity and
risk of type 2 diabetes in women. Journal of the American Medical
Association 282(Oct. 20):1433.
Sources:
Philip E. Cryer
Washington University School of Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism
Campus Box 8127
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110-1093
Frank B. Hu
Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Nutrition
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 17, October 23, 1999, p. 260. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |