Physical Activity

Fitness trackers are affordable and popular, but do they correlate with better physical activity levels in people with diabetes or other with cardiometabolic conditions?

I recently gave a webinar for the American College of Sports Medicine (and Technogym) that reached almost 1,200 participants in real time. You can watch the webinar, titled “The Role of Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes Management and Prevention,” posted on Youtube.

By Sheri Colberg, PhD
In the recent past, we discussed how to know if joint problems (e.g., overuse injuries) are due to being active, aging, or diabetes, but let's focus on aging by itself this time around. Of course, we'd all love to slow down normal aging or even reverse some aspects of it, but is that even possible?

A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the impact of physical activity on cognition improvement in patients with diabetes.

By Sheri Colberg, PhD
Who knew I'd be talking about carbohydrate intake and being active for the third time this year, but here we go again! Unfortunately, a lot of confusion still exists related to the practice known as "carb loading" as well.  Do you need to do it? Should you? How do you know?

Recently completed research examines the effect of consistent cycling on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

Physical activity is linked to mental health; how has the pandemic affected exercise options and mental well-being?

The internet has many different opinions of what an optimal diet is for athletes, but what do the experts say?
With exclusive commentary from Sheri Colberg, PhD.

By Sheri Colberg, PhD

The arrival of summer brings to mind visions of people having fun in the sun and recreating on the beach. Still, hotter weather also creates more significant risks related to dehydration and heat stress for people who are physically active outdoors. Aging by itself negatively affects the body's ability to dissipate heat in both dry and humid environments, but having diabetes further increases the risk of developing heat stress during outdoor activities, especially when hot and humid.

By Sheri Colberg, PhD
As the years have rolled by, nothing has become more apparent to me with each passing day than the fact that aging successfully requires a lot of work. When it comes to our bodies, nothing rings truer than "If you don't use it, you lose it." This is particularly true when it comes to preventing declines arising from disuse and when trying to slow down the normal impacts of aging.