Physical Activity

Practice Balance Exercises to Stay on Your Feet

Is Daily Exercise Required to Optimize Diabetes Control?

New study shows what is required to reduce the prevalence of hyperglycemia throughout the subsequent day in type 2 diabetic patients....

Joggers Live Longer and Have Happier Lives

For those who brave the elements and lace up their running shoes to jog at least…. 

Caloric Restriction Linked to Reduced Inflammation Markers

For obese postmenopausal women, weight loss diet with or without exercise cuts inflammatory biomarkers....

Fall Much? You Need to Exercise More, Not Less, to Prevent Falls

Eat Less Fat, Exercise More for Weight Loss

What doesn't work if you want to lose weight….

Popular Diets Are Out, More Exercise, Eating Less Fat Programs Are In

"Contrary to popular perception, a large proportion of obese Americans can and do lose weight."....

Exercising an Hour Every Two Days Works for People with Diabetes

People with diabetes don't need to exercise every day to see an effect on their blood sugar levels.... 

Walking Switches Off 'Obesity Genes' and TV-Watching Ramps Them Up

Walking briskly for an hour every day can cut the effect of genetic tendencies toward obesity in half....

Exercise with Weight Loss Improves Mobility in Diabetes

People with diabetes are twice as likely to have mobility problems as other people their age, and losing weight and improving fitness may ward off some of the mobility problems that older overweight people with type 2 diabetes often...

Sitting Too Much Increases Odds of Dying by 40 Percent

Please stand up before reading this. Spending too much time in a chair is bad for your health -- really, really bad. New research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that people who spend a lot of time sitting may be up to 40%...

Doing So Little Exercise Can Have Such a Big Effect

  By Sheri R. Colberg, PhD For those of us who are ...

Lifting Weights before Cardio Benefits People with Diabetes

People with diabetes may have better blood sugar control during workouts if they lift weights before doing cardio exercise....

Research Shows Inactivity Leads to Glucose Spikes

Active people saw their blood glucose rates jump after meals when they cut back on exercise for just three days....

Standing Up from Your Desk Every 30 Minutes Can Avoid Diabetes by 30%

Research has revealed that interrupting sitting time with short bouts of light exercise can lower glucose and insulin levels by as much as 30%....

Doctors Finally Advising Patients to Exercise

The number of doctors in the US telling patients to get physically active has increased in the past decade. New research shows that, in 2010 alone, one in three patients who visited a physician or other health professional had been told to...

Regardless of Sedentary Time, Exercise Improves Risk Factors

Children and adolescents participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity have a lower cardiometabolic risk profile. Moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity was associated with improvements in waist circumference, systolic blood...

Resistance Training Improves Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

Besides improving patients' glucose numbers researchers saw improved metabolic features such as reductions in waist circumference....

Fitness and Fatness Independently Linked with CVD Risk Factors

Maintaining or improving current fitness levels, as well as not packing on the fat pounds, are both independently associated with a lower risk of developing hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and hypercholesterolemia in healthy...

Brown Fat, Triggered by Cold or Exercise, Yields the Key to Weight Control

Fat people have less than thin people. Older people have less than younger people. Men have less than younger women....

Doctors Only Advise 1 in 3 People to Exercise

Only one in three people in the US say their doctor advised them to start exercising or continue doing so during an office visit over the course of a year....

Intermittent Exercise Improves Glucose for People with Diabetes

New study finds exercise in low oxygen environment may result in improved insulin sensitivity....

Diabetes Prevention Program Can Deliver Modest Weight Loss

The U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program conducted a clinical trial in 2002 showing that modest weight loss through caloric restriction and increased physical activity reduced the incidence of diabetes in high-risk patients by...

Weight Loss Is Not The Answer for Preventing Diabetes

Richard Kahn, PhD, who was the chief scientific and medical officer of the ADA for nearly 25 years stated at a conference that, "Community-based weight-loss programs have not been shown to be effective at reducing the incidence of diabetes, so...

How Exercise Benefits Insulin-Treated Obese Patients with Diabetes

Exercise counters adverse CV effects of insulin in overweight/obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Supervised mixed (aerobic and resistance) exercise is effective in improving A1c and cardiovascular disease risk related to insulin treatment in...

Is Engaging in Intense Exercise for Less Time the Answer?

By Sheri Colberg,...

Exercise Not Effective in Preventing Pregnancy-Related Diabetes

Pregnant women who exercised regularly during the second half of their pregnancies did not lower their odds of developing pregnancy-related diabetes in a new clinical trial....

The Key to Longevity is Fitness

Men who were physically fit in their 40s and maintained that fitness level for a decade reduced their risk of all-cause death by 30% compared with men who were flabby at 40....

Weight Loss Improves Beta Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes

Beta cell function can improve after just 12 weeks of weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes....

How Old Are You Really?

By Sheri Colberg, PhD Different tissues and organs change over time at varying rates,...

Less than a Minute a Day 'Keeps Diabetes Away'

Performing short cycle sprints three times a week could be enough to prevent and possibly treat type 2 diabetes....

Physical Activity/Glycemic Control Predicts CV Death and All-cause Mortality

Physical activity is associated with lower all-cause and CVD mortality risk for individuals across all levels of glycemic control....

Top 10 Physical Activity Myths Demystified

By Sheri Colberg,...

Letter from the Editor #600: Top 10 Physical Activity Myths Demystified and Reversing Beta Cell Failure

According to Webster's, a "publisher is responsible for the selection, preparation, and distribution of information," and usually has no involvement in the actual development of content or material. However, when the publisher has over...

Exercise Impact Lessened Slightly by Metformin in Prediabetes

For men and women with prediabetes, insulin sensitivity increases to a similar extent with exercise training, metformin, or a combination of the two, with metformin impacting slightly on the effect of exercise....

Team Type 1-SANOFI Running Team Begins 3,000 Mile Cross Country Run

Oceanside, CA – On Thursday, October 25, ten members of the Team Type 1-SANOFI running team embarked on the journey of a lifetime. The athletes, who all have Type 1 diabetes,...

Aerobic Exercise and Quality of Life for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Eight-week aerobic exercise program had a major impact on fasting blood sugar, HbA1c, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes....

A Culture of Obesity? Time to Walk the Walk

Even a Low Level of Physical Activity Helps Cut Mortality Risk in Metabolic Syndrome

For individuals with metabolic syndrome, physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular causes....

Weight Loss First, Then Exercise

Physical activity only has a modest effect in lowering chronic disease risk factors....

Being Female and Physically Active: Special Concerns for Women with Diabetes

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Jogging Beats Weight Lifting for Losing Belly Fat

Compared with resistance training, aerobic exercise burns 67% more calories, research shows....

Multiple Lifestyle Factors Contribute to Diabetes Risk

Collectively, lifestyle factors, including not smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet, moderate alcohol consumption, and normal body weight, are associated with a substantially decreased risk of developing diabetes, according to...

Yoga Works for Diabetes

Gentle yoga classes may help people with type 2 diabetes take off a small amount of weight and steady their blood sugar control....

Physical Inactivity Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Physical inactivity may play a key role in the development of Type 2 diabetes, according to new research....

Moderate Exercise for 15 Minutes Daily Improves Survival 14 Percent

The minimal amount of physical activity to reduce mortality risk is 15 minutes a day of moderate-intensity exercise, according to the results of a prospective cohort study. Each additional 15 minutes was associated with a further reduction...

Why Magnesium May Enhance Your Workouts and Your Diabetes Care

By Sheri Colberg, PhD

Lifestyle Changes Prevents Diabetes in Nonobese with Elevated Fasting Glucose

A lifestyle-modification program aimed at changes in diet and increased activity levels seemed to significantly cut the risk of type 2 diabetes that was primarily "overweight" rather than obese and that had elevated fasting glucose levels...

More Muscle Mass Knocks Out Insulin Resistance and Prediabetes

Having more muscle mass can protect against insulin resistance and prediabetes, no matter overall body size, researchers said....

Don't Let Your Scale Weight Get You Down

  By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Most of the f...

OP-ED: Steps Not Calories

Let's forget about listing calories on menus and list the time it takes to burn the calories that you are about to order and eat. What if we listed the number of steps or the time needed to burn the calories you are about to eat rather...

Physical Activity by Women at High Risk of Diabetes

Women should get at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week to help reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes....

Why Do Patients with Diabetes Walk Less?

Physical activity is a cornerstone of treatment for diabetes, yet people with diabetes perform less moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) than people without diabetes....

To Stretch or Not to Stretch with Diabetes?

By Sheri Colberg,...

Letter from the Editor: We Bring You the Best of the ADA

Steve and Andrew came home with tons of new information from the recent ADA 71st Scientific Sessions. We are going to be sharing the information with you for the next couple of weeks as we continue to review and evaluate the...

Type 1's Have a Fat-Burning Advantage

Researchers may have discovered a new advantage for type 1 diabetes patients. According to research presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) 58th Annual Meeting, people with diabetes may burn more fat than those...

Diabetes Disaster Averted #38: Younger Athletes -- Keep it Cool!

I have an insulin pump patient 12 years of age who is a competitive soccer and baseball player. During practices and games, her sugars were trending high (375 plus) which many times took her out of her games....

Exercising at Your Job Helps People Stay Healthy

Walking or performing physically demanding work on the job helps U.S. adults meet minimum physical activity guidelines that could lead to better health, the CDC says....

Less Sweat, More Fat as Work Becomes Easier

Overeating may not be the only culprit in the obesity epidemic; the changed landscape of the American workforce may have lent a hand....

Using Interval Training Effectively

  By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D.,...

Letter from the Editor: Flash Diet Successes and Interval Training

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the "flash diet." This program requires the participant to take a picture of everything that they are about to eat, usually with their phone camera, with the idea that they might not eat...

Americans Not Working Hard Enough

Despite repeated calls over the years by public health officials for people to increase exercise and physical activity, Americans are walking and cycling only a little more now than they were a decade ago....

Structured Exercise Controls Blood Sugar

Structured exercise programs comprising aerobics, resistance training or both helps people with Type 2 diabetes control blood sugar levels, and although physical exercise advice by itself does not appear to make any difference, when...

How Much Physical Activity is Enough? Do We Really Know?

  By Sheri ...

Letter from the Editor: Diet by Photo and How Much Exercise Is Enough?

 I was reading a book on weight loss and muscle gain, and how to maximize both for managing diabetes when I was presented with a study from the University of Wisconsin- Madison on the use of a cell phone camera to ...

Treating High Triglycerides: AHA

Diet and exercise are the cornerstone of treatment for patients with elevated triglyceride levels, according to a new scientific statement from the AHA....

Intense Exercise an Efficient Way to Improve Cardiovascular Risk

Brief, intensive exercise is an effective way to lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in adolescents....

How to Best Manage and Prevent Exercise Low Blood Sugars

  By Sheri Colberg, PhD

Letter from the Editor: Pioglitazone or Diet and Exercise? Which do you recommend?

This week's lead article about the use of pioglitazone to prevent the onset of diabetes in high risk patients has lead researcher Ralph DeFronzo, MD, very excited and he even went on to say "It's a blockbuster...

Brain Hormones, Body Weight, and Physical Activity: Can Rewiring the Brain Lead to Lasting Weight Loss?

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Why the Whole World Is Going to Develop Diabetes Sooner or Later

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Are Exercise-Induced Low Blood Sugars Making You Fat?

Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes

The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association: joint position statement  

This Week's New Product: The Stairs

This week's New Product: The Stairs Maybe we should reintroduce our...

Diabetes Rising: What Can We Do to Stop It Before It's Too Late?

By Sheri Colberg, PhD   As if ...

Letter from the Editor: Post-Election Changes, Two Sodas and Taking the Stairs

The elections are over and the voters have spoken ... or have they? I thought that most of the dissatisfaction with what has been happening the past three to four years has been about the economy. Isn’t that why we had a change in leadership...

Watch Out -- Prolonged Sitting May Be Deadly!

By Sheri Colberg, PhD

Motivational Tips to Keep Yourself Fit: Part 1

Motivational Tips to Keep Yourself Fit: Part 1 By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM

Intermittent High-Intensity Exercise: Higher Now, Lower Later?

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Letter from the Editor: Team DIC Hits the Road

This past week, Steve, Andrew and I met in Santa Monica, CA, for our quarterly meeting. Although our focus was on business, we spent a lot of time enjoying what must be the healthiest city in the US. We were lucky enough to be overlooking the...

To Increase Insulin Action Best, Do You Need Fewer Carbohydrates, Low-GI Ones, or More Exercise?

  By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Insulin action i...

The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Physical Activity for Competitive Athletes and People with Diabetes Alike

By Sheri Colberg, PhD

52-Week Online Fitness/Lifestyle Program for Everyone

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Letter from the Editor: "Our bags are packed and we're ready to go"

Steve, Andrew and I are on our way to the 2010 AADE Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas. This should be a very interesting meeting because education is a major focus of the new national healthcare plan. The AADE has been at the...

Letter from the Editor: Tour de France

During the past week the Tour de France has been in full swing. As a budding cyclist I have been watching the race with interest as it has wound its way through over 2,276 miles of France. Some of the rider strategies...

Muscle Cramps: Are They Preventable or Inevitable with Physical Activity?

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Letter from the Editor: Quinine, Avandia and a Prescription for Type 2 Diabetes: EXERCISE!

It is not often that I venture out of the diabetes arena. However, this week I wanted to start out by reminding you that the FDA is again issuing a strong warning not to prescribe quinine for your patients who complain of leg cramps. This...

Sarcopenic Obesity: Just One of the Many Potential Perils of Weight Loss without Exercise

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How to Prevent Dehydration in the Heat during Summertime Exercise

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A Little Nudge (to Exercise) Goes a Long Way

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Physical Activity Q & A with Dr. Sheri Colberg, Part 4

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Physical Activity Q&A with Dr. Sheri Colberg, Part 3

Q: Dr. Sheri, I am a 41-year-old female ...

Physical Activity Q&A with Dr. Sheri Colberg, Part 2

Physical Activity Q&A with Dr. Sheri Colberg

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How to Easily Reap the Health Benefits of Physical Activity

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YOU: On A Diet, Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

By Dr. Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz    

Get Your Kids Moving, Too

The Serotonin Power Diet

by Judith Wurtman, PhD, and Nina Frusztajer, MD

America's Silent Killer: Oprah and Dr. Oz Want to Save Your Life

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Why We Need to Attack the Diabetes Problem with Lifestyle Changes -- and Why We Need to Do It Now

By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM

The Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes

The 5-Step Program That Removes Metabolic Roadblocks, Sheds Pounds Safely, and Reverses Prediabetes and Diabetes

Get Involved with the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan in 2010

By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D. How many of your...

Five Things Every Person with Diabetes Should Know About Exercise

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Effective Dietary Practices of Active People with Diabetes: Part 2 (Supplementing with Carbohydrates)

Effective Dietary Practices of Active People with Diabetes: Part 2 (Supplementing with...

Effective Dietary Practices of Active People with Diabetes: Part 1 (Importance of Carbohydrates)

By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D.,FACSM As a physically...

Diabetic Medications and Exercise, Part 1: Oral Medications

Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, has been helping patients with diabetes successfully increase physical activity for many years and has written numerous books that patients and clinicians use. Most of her work recently has been about insulin and...

Insulin Use and Exercise, Part 1: Faster and Intermediate-Acting Insulins

When you don’t have diabetes and you start any activity, your body increases the release of glucose-raising hormones to prevent falls in your blood glucose levels. At the same time, your pancreas releases less insulin during exercise. But...

Being Female and Athletic: Special Concerns for Diabetic Women Only

If your patients are female, past puberty, and still young enough to be menstruating, then you’ll want to read what Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, has to say in this week’s feature; Being Female and Athletic: Special Concerns for Diabetic...

Preventing Hypoglycemia During and After Exercise

Last time Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, gave us tips on how to deal with Exercise-Induced Hypoglycemia, this week she takes it a step further by teaching us how to Prevent Hypoglycemia During and After Exercise.

Dealing with Exercise-Induced Hypoglycemia

Too often our patients who are very active start to decrease their participation in sports and other physical endeavors. Frequently, this is because they are experiencing hypoglycemia and have no idea how to prevent this from happening. Sheri...

Exercise and Hypoglycemia: Their Effect on Hormonal Responses

Often our patients with diabetes have unexplained hypoglycemia and there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM has the latest research on what happens to cause this. Read Exercise and Hypoglycemia: Their Effect on...

How Training Affects the Fuels Your Body Uses and Insulin Action

Last week I was on the phone with Rick Philbin, from Animas. Rick is a type one patient who is also active in DESA. A few years ago we crowned Rick the world’s most fit diabetes sales rep. When you check out his insulin use it is almost...

Timing of Exercise and Your Insulin Levels

Timing of Exercise and Your Insulin Levels By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, is a must read for everyone. Not only does this feature apply to insulin dependent patients, but the information is for all patients whether they have diabetes or not.

Tai Chi for Diabetes

Dr. Paul Lam, is a practicing physician and Tai Chi master. He has written a new book “Tai Chi for Diabetes” and our current intern Irene Lelekis, Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate University of Florida College of Pharmacy, has experienced...

Diabetic Athlete’s Handbook: Your guide to peak performance

Sheri Colberg Ph.D. has written a new book based on her experiences as an athlete and diabetes patient. The Diabetic...

Why How Much Insulin You Have “on Board” during Exercise Matters

More and more of our patients using insulin are exercising and participating in sports. They often lower their basal rates or decrease their mealtime dose to try and compensate. This can lead to hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia after exercising. Why...

HIV-infected patients are at an increased risk for developing Diabetes

More and more patients with HIV are controlling their disease well. When viral loads are under control, patients often are seen by clinicians for other problems. Diabetes seems to be one of those problems that get a lot of attention. My current...

Preteens, teens doubled use of diabetes drugs

A recent article in Pediatrics, discussed how preteens and teens have doubled use of diabetes drugs in the past 4 years and that the prevalence is dramatically higher among young girls vs. boys. Why is this occurring? Why is it higher in girls?...

Why Your Body Always Uses Carbohydrate during Exercise

We seem to spend so much time with our overweight Type 2 patients that we forget about the patients that seem to be doing everything right. They eat right, they exercise and they still have problems. Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM works with these...

Understanding Your Body‘s Energy Systems and How They Impact Your Exercise Blood Sugar Levels

We go to the gas pumps and fill up our car and then just press on the pedal and the car goes. But do you really know how that gas ends up moving your car? Did you know the same thing happens in your body Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, explains...