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Walking after Eating Lowers Glucose in Healthy People and Diabetes Patients

Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2012

Walking or other light exercise after meals may reduce glucose levels by more than half in both healthy people and type 1 diabetes patients.

Physical Activity Lowers Inflammation

Posted: Monday, August 20, 2012

Middle-age individuals who are physically active have lower levels of inflammatory markers sustained over time.

Sitting Less Adds Years to Life

Posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012

Sitting less than three hours a day adds two years to life expectancy.

A Common Exercise Lowers Risk for Diabetes by 29 Percent

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2012

This exercise, which just about everyone can do, can lower risk for diabetes and reduce weight gain and improve cardiovascular health....

Reality Weight-Loss TV Meets Medical Skeptics over Exercise

Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2012

Medical community resists super intensive exercise-based weight-loss programs that shed pounds and reduce the risk for diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors....

The Challenges for the Self-Management of Diabetes

Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012

People with diabetes invest a lot of time and effort managing their condition including not only monitoring the level of sugar in their blood, organizing their medication and following a restrictive diet, but also social challenges such as negotiating relatives' input and gaining access to doctors when they need to....

Exercise with Weight Loss Improves Mobility in Diabetes

Posted: Monday, April 09, 2012

People with diabetes are twice as likely to have mobility problems as other people their age, and losing weight and improving fitness may ward off some of the mobility problems that older overweight people with type 2 diabetes often face....

Walking Switches Off 'Obesity Genes' and TV-Watching Ramps Them Up

Posted: Sunday, April 08, 2012

Walking briskly for an hour every day can cut the effect of genetic tendencies toward obesity in half....

Lifting Weights before Cardio Benefits People with Diabetes

Posted: Monday, March 19, 2012

People with diabetes may have better blood sugar control during workouts if they lift weights before doing cardio exercise.

Doctors Finally Advising Patients to Exercise

Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012

The number of doctors in the US telling patients to get physically active has increased in the past decade. New research shows that, in 2010 alone, one in three patients who visited a physician or other health professional had been told to start or maintain physical activity or exercise.