Hot off the Press: "New-Onset Diabetes in Older Adults Largely Attributable to Lifestyle"

Some new research to reinforce and congratulate all of you out there making an effort :) Also some nuggets of inspiration for those of you contemplating lifestyle changes :)

This study was conducted over a 10 year period and included 4,883 men and women 65 years of age or older. They found that if all older adults fell into low-risk categories in terms of the factors examined, 8 out of 10 new diabetes diagnosis could be prevented. When not being overweight or not having a waist circumference over the recommended measurements was factored in, they found that 9 to 10 out of 10 cases attributed to lifestyle, could be prevented!

Here are some snippets from the research article:

"Even among older adults, a healthy lifestyle, one that includes physical activity, healthy dietary habits, smoking cessation, and light or moderate alcohol use, is associated with a significantly lower incidence of new-onset diabetes mellitus. Researchers showed that 80% of new cases of diabetes are attributable to these risk factors, a number that increases when obesity is included as a risk factor.

"Our findings suggest that, even later in life, the great majority of cases of diabetes are related to lifestyle factors," write Dariush Mozaffarian (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA) and colleagues in the April 28, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. "Our results support the need for emphasizing healthy and achievable physical activity and dietary goals among older adults, including moderate leisure-time activity and walking pace, higher intake of dietary fiber and polyunsaturated fat, and lower intake of trans fat and easily digestible carbohydrates."

Basic lifestyle risk factors, according to the researchers, strongly predicted diabetes incidence, with individuals cutting their risk in half when they were physically active and had good dietary habits. Overall, the risk of diabetes was 80% lower among individuals with physical-activity levels above the median, healthy dietary and smoking habits, and moderate alcohol use. When healthy BMIs and waist circumference were added to the model, the risk of new diabetes was reduced by 89%."

[Mozaffarian D, Kamineni A, Carnethon M, et al. Lifestyle risk factors and new-onset diabetes mellitus in older adults. Arch Intern Med 2009; 169:798-807.]


This says much for our power to choose our future, especially in terms of health.

What can you do today to optimise your future health? :)

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