Lifestyle Changes Help Type 2 Diabetics Keep Moving WEDNESDAY,
March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss and regular exercise
help prevent disability in obese people with type 2 diabetes,
according to new research. After four years, 21 percent of
people enrolled in a lifestyle-intervention program focusing on
diet and physical activity had severe disability compared with
26 percent of those enrolled in a diabetes support group. What's
more, the lifestyle-intervention group had about half the risk
of losing their mobility compared to the support group. "The
lifestyle intervention combined caloric restriction and
increased activity," said study author, W. Jack Rejeski, a
professor of health and exercise science at the Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, in Winston-Salem, N.C. "More of
the lifestyle intervention group remained in the good-mobility
category. And, that was with modest changes. Just a 6 percent
change in body weight helped to ward off an important outcome."
Results of the study are published