Physical Inactivity Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

John Thyfault, an assistant professor at the University of Missouri, studied the relationship between low levels of physical activity and elevated levels of postprandial glucose. While monitoring activity levels and diets of healthy and moderately active young adults Thyfault found that those people that reduced their physical activity by about half for three days saw their PPG responses to meals double. “This study shows that physical activity directly impacts health issues that are preventable.” (See full article in this week’s Item #3.) Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Sept. 2011