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| Diet and exercise are keys to warding off type 2 diabetes, according to a clinical trial conducted by the IU School of Medicine and 26 other medical centers around the nation. The five-year study, commissioned by the Nation Institutes of Health (NIH), is the largest clinical trial ever run by that agency. Results indicate that participants who walked 30 minutes per day lost 5 to 7 percent of their body weight and reduced their chances of getting type 2 diabetes by 58 percent.
Some 3,234 persons with impaired glucose tolerance took part in the study, which included participants who were taking the drug metformin and others receiving a placebo pill. More than 16 million persons in the United States suffer from diabetes, 95 percent of whom fall in the Type 2 category.
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