Study author Dr. Andrea Kriska tells media these findings ore a reminder that the key to warding off diabetes may not lie in the hands of doctors and public health officials, but with each person who wants to stay healthy.

People can do something about the risk of diabetes, she says in a press release. That would be to eat more wisely and get more active.”

Moreover, ‘it doesn’t have to be marathon running,’ she adds, noting that staying healthy often involves simply accruing more minutes walking each week.

Kriska and. her colleagues obtained their findings by following 1 ,728 individuals for on overage of six years, asking them how much they exercised and noting who developed type 2 diabetes.

In the study, exercise included any recreational or work- related activity in which people expended more energy than they did during so-called activities of daily living, which include bathing, grooming and eating.

The researchers focused on the type 2 form of diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes, which is strongly associated with lifestyle factors like obesity and exercise. As they report in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the team found that the more activity people got, the less they appeared to be at risk of diabetes.

This relationship persisted regardless of how much people weighed, and exercise reduced the risk of diabetes among even the heaviest people.
SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, October 2003.

Depending on what she tells you, Dr. Gardos offers some suggestions: If she is interested in having you awake to pursue more sexual activity, you might start out in a new position. You will probably stay awake if you are standing, for instance.

Don’t turn the lights out. There are all sorts of visual delights that can accompany sex. Enjoy them before, during, and after.

Don’t drink alcohol before having sex. Alcohol does not enhance sex, despite what some people believe, and it can make you drowsy.

Don’t have sex only late at night after a hard day of work. Sex can be a great way to start the day, too.

If your wife wants some quality quiet time after sex, plan to do something slightly more active than simply lying there. You can talk, trade massages, or stroke each other’s hair.

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