Dieting, exercise and diabetes
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Nicholas Garlow with HHS HealthBeat.
Women may be able to prevent getting type 2 diabetes by dieting and exercising. A new study suggests that combined, the two activities have the greatest result. Postmenopausal women were separated into four groups for one year.
Dr. Caitlin Mason is at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
"We saw the greatest improvement in the diet and exercise group, followed by the diet alone group." (5 seconds)
Aside from weight loss, exercise showed it has other benefits.
"Exercise seemed to have these special effects. This might have to do with the fact that exercise stimulates muscle and muscle is a major user of blood sugar." (9 seconds)
The study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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