TUESDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) — A structured exercise program
helped people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar level more
effectively than just receiving advice about getting more physical
activity, according to a new review of data.
After analyzing the results of 47 randomized clinical trials, the
researchers also found that exercising for longer periods of time was
better at bringing blood sugar levels down than exercising more
intensively.
“People with type 2 diabetes should engage in regular exercise
training, preferentially supervised exercise training,” said the study’s
senior author, Dr. Beatriz Schaan, a medical school professor at the
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre in Brazil. “If these patients can
perform training for more than 150 minutes per week, this would be more
beneficial concerning their glucose control. However, if they cannot reach
this amount of weekly exercise, lower exercise amounts are also
beneficial.”
Results of the study are published in the May 4 issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Association.
The clinical trials included in the current analysis included more than
8,500 participants. The studies used a measure known as hemoglobin A1C
(HbA1C) to assess a particular treatment’s effectiveness. HbA1C, sometimes
just called A1C, is a
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