People With A Genetic Inclination To Type 2 Diabetes Have To Exercise More

Swedish researchers have determined that people with increased risk of type 2 diabetes – because of family history – have to exercise a lot harder to achieve the same results as others. A person with a mother, father, sister or brother who is a type 2 diabetic is three times more likely than others to acquire the disease. For the seven-month study, healthy but unfit and overweight men were divided into a high-risk and control group. Though the exercise routines were equally hard, the risk group attended more sessions and expended more energy. Both groups benefited: they all lost weight, reduced waist size and increased fitness. But the risk group had to exercise more to achieve the same results as the control group.