Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes: Study

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"In particular, regulations should apply for advertisement and sale of energy-dense junk food to children, and regular physical activity should be encouraged starting at a young age. Spreading awareness about proper lifestyle and adverse consequences of obesity and diabetes should be at the top of health agenda of all nations," Misra said.

Regarding the study findings, other experts are optimistic. Dr. Ronald Goldberg, a professor of medicine at the Diabetes Research Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, whose institution participated in the study, said that "seeing quite significant effects lasting this long really bodes well for the utility of these interventions for diabetes prevention."

Cutting calories and increasing physical activity clearly slow the progression to diabetes, Goldberg said. "Lifestyle works, and every effort needs to be made to begin and maintain a lifestyle program in the long-term."

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For more information on diabetes, visit the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

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