Prevent Type 2 Diabetes with Regular Physical Activity: Tips, Benefits, and More

2023-06-07 23:00:00

It is estimated that the practice of regular physical activity, even at low intensity, (such as walking, gardening or cycling at low speed), would reduce the occurrence of diabetes by 30 to 50%. type 2.

In the case of prediabetes*, physical activity reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 50%.

In everyday life, many physical activities are easy to set up, such as dusting, picking up leaves from your garden or even dancing.

Today, it is estimated that with a more active lifestyle, 43% of new cases of type 2 diabetes might be avoided.

At every stage of life, physical activity is essential!

Physical activity is an integral part of the treatment of diabetes, in the same way as a balanced diet and drug treatments, allowing better management of blood sugar and therefore contributing to the prevention of complications.

When you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, any physical activity or sport has a positive effect on the glycemic balance. Indeed, during a physical effort, even weak, the cells will use more the sugar circulating in the blood and thus lower the glycemia.

Regular physical activity is therefore one of the mainstays of diabetes treatment, along with a varied and balanced diet and drug treatments.

Annual meeting, the National Week of Prevention once morest type 2 diabetes, initiated by the French Federation of Diabetics since 2012, will take place in 2023 from June 2 to 9.

*Prediabetes is a blood sugar disorder characterized by fasting blood sugar levels between; 1.10 g/L and 1.25 g/L (normal fasting blood sugar is less than 1.10 g/L). It signals a high risk of later type 2 diabetes.

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