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Article: MODEST CHANGES PREVENT DIABETES.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2001
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Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- At least 10 million Americans at high risk of getting diabetes could cut that risk in half simply by walking 30 minutes a day and dropping a little weight, a major new study concludes.
Taking a daily pill called metformin also cut the risk of developing diabetes by almost a third - not nearly as effective as a modest diet and exercise but far better than no treatment. It's the first time a medication for diabetes has proven protective.
So concludes the largest study ever performed on ways to prevent the most common form of diabetes, called Type 2 or adult-onset diabetes.
The findings were so ...