KEEPING DIABETES AT BAY.Among more than 500 overweight Overweight Refers to an investment position that is larger than the generally accepted benchmark. Notes: For example, if a company normally holds a portfolio whose weighting of cash is 10%, and then increases cash holdings to 15%, the portfolio would have an overweight people with impaired glucose tolerance Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is a pre-diabetic state of dysglycemia, that is associated with insulin resistance and increased risk of cardiovascular pathology. IGT may precede type 2 diabetes mellitus by many years. IGT is also a risk factor for mortality. (high blood sugar levels), the risk of diabetes over four years was about half as high in those who were counseled every two or three months to lose weight, exercise, and eat less fat and more fiber. It didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do take much: the average person Lost only eight pounds. And exercising only four hours a week cut the risk of diabetes even in people who didn't Lose a pound. What to do: Exercise (any is better than none) and a healthy diet are for everyone; but especially for people with elevated blood sugar levels, too much weight, or a family history of diabetes. New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. 344:1343, 1390, 2001. |
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