From HEALTH DAY NEWS:
…”The lifestyle factors we looked at were physical activity, healthy diet, body weight, alcohol consumption and smoking,” said lead researcher Jarad Reis, a researcher from the U.S. Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
“For each one of those, there was a significant reduction in risk for developing diabetes,” he said. “Having a normal weight by itself reduced the risk of developing diabetes by 60 to 70 percent.”
For example, eating a healthy diet reduced the risk by about 15 percent, while not smoking lowered the risk by about 20 percent, he said…
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EDITOR: We can appreciate the difficulty obese individuals have in controlling their diets. But what can be the excuse for stuffing their children with all the wrong foods? If it isn’t bought and brought into the house, it won’t be eaten in the house.
