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Article: YOUR HEALTH; The idle risk; So you're thin and always have been? If you don't exercise, diabetes may be in your future, nonetheless.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- February 3, 2004
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Byline: Donna Halvorsen; Staff Writer
It's not just the old and the obese who get diabetes. If you're young and lean, and you think flicking a TV remote or a video game controller is exercise enough, think again. You, too, can get diabetes in middle age.
New research on young adults in Minneapolis and three other cities found that being fit in early adulthood, regardless of weight, significantly decreases the chances of developing diabetes. But the slim and idle face a higher risk of the disease, defying its commonly held image.
For those who made fitness a New Year's resolution, the research offers an additional impetus to keep at it: Even if ...