References & Sources

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.