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Exercise or weight loss -- what's better?
Posted on Sep 22nd 2007 9:00AM by Jacki DonaldsonFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness
Experts are weighing in on the best approach for preventing and controlling diabetes as they consider whether exercise or weight loss is better. Any ideas?
It all depends on a three-pronged approach. And the three prongs are: Diet, exercise, and quality of food consumed. But one is more important than the others for prevention, and one is more important for control of the disease. Place your guesses now.
For prevention, weight loss is better. The Diabetes Prevention Program established that losing seven percent of one's body weight can cut the risk of developing diabetes by 58 percent. Exercise doesn't hurt either, and exerting yourself physically for 150 minutes per week will help you achieved this decreased risk.
It all depends on a three-pronged approach. And the three prongs are: Diet, exercise, and quality of food consumed. But one is more important than the others for prevention, and one is more important for control of the disease. Place your guesses now.
For prevention, weight loss is better. The Diabetes Prevention Program established that losing seven percent of one's body weight can cut the risk of developing diabetes by 58 percent. Exercise doesn't hurt either, and exerting yourself physically for 150 minutes per week will help you achieved this decreased risk.
For those who already have diabetes, exercise is better. It helps control blood-sugar levels, creates opportunities for calorie burning, increases muscle mass, and minimizes body fat to reduce insulin resistance.
Back to the three-pronged approach. I like it. And I'm pretty sure it could work wonders for the prevention and management of all sorts of diseases, and for overall good health too.
