Physical Activity

  Please share this resource with your patients….               By Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD, and Sheri R. Colberg, PhD  Who would ever have imagined that the often relentless progression of a chronic disease like type 2 diabetes can be stopped or reversed?

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD Physical Activity: Regulation of Glucose Metabolism, Clinical Management Strategies, and Weight Control Introduction  Engaging in regular physical activity is an effective measure to protect against a number of health risks across all ages. Physical activity is known to reduce the risk …

 Learning to overcome barriers that interfere with a more physically active lifestyle is a critical part of effective diabetes self-management, especially when health complications like neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy make being active more challenging1.

New study assesses protective effects of exercise on short-term overeating….

Does hyperglycemia lead to diabetic kidney disease?…

Aging results in a slow decline in maximal heart rate, aerobic capacity, lung function, and nerve function (unrelated to diabetes), regardless of physical activity levels, and some of these processes can be accelerated by the presence of diabetes1,2. The usual declines in insulin action with aging, however, actually may be …

It has not been demonstrated that in overweight or obese people high-intensity interval training is better than moderate-intensity exercise in inducing weight loss except for….

      By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Up to 40% of individuals with diabetes may experience peripheral neuropathy, and 60% of lower extremity amputations are related to suboptimal blood glucose control1,2.

In a randomized controlled trial researchers also looked at pregnancy and the risk for GDM-related adverse effects….

Both aerobic and resistance training programs can improve the quality of life in type 2 diabetes patients….