ABC World News (8/6, story 8, 0:20,
Stephanopoulos) reported, "And in healthy living, a new way to reduce the risk
of diabetes: A study
by Harvard School of Public Health" published online August 6 in the Archives of
Internal Medicine "found that men who lift weights at least two and a half hours
per week decrease their risk of getting type 2 diabetes by a third."
CardioSource
(8/7) reports that "the risk of T2DM [type 2 diabetes mellitus] was lowered by
13 percent for every 60 minutes of weight training per week. There was a
stronger association of weight training and T2DM risk in men under the age of 65
as well as in men with no family history of T2DM."
POSTED BY: Steven Almany M.D.
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