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This week, our publisher, Steve Freed, wants to know if you are setting a good example for your patients by engaging in physical activity. A good reason to think about this is that we are seeing more and more information about the benefits of physical activity and why we need to get our patients active. If you check out this week’s new product, you’ll find a way to get activity during your work day and reduce your heart attack risk too.
We have also been reviewing our large and growing library of articles related to physical activity and to help you wade through all this information we had our own fitness guru, Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, give us a professional overview of how Doing So Little Exercise Can Have Such a Big Effect. You may be very surprised by what she has to say.
This idea of increasing activity works well when the whole family exercises together and Item 9, Mom and Dad’s Participation Influences Weight Loss in Their Children, focuses on data that shows how when parents join their kids in making better food choices and increasing physical activity they both end up losing more weight.
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Join Steven Edelman, MD and Featured Speakers, Philip Bruno (Team Type 2) and Frank DeLima (Portuguese Prince of Hawaiian Comedy) for a day focused on diabetes education, health and wellness.
Please answer this week’s poll: How many days last week did you exercise?
Vote in and then see results from previous polls here.
Check out this week’s “Test Your Diabetes Knowledge” question!
Dave Joffe, Editor-in-chief