- Susan Mayor
Every
hour a day spent watching television increases the risk of developing
diabetes by 3.4%, the findings of a diabetes prevention programme have
shown.
The study, reported in Diabetologia, followed up 3232 people aged at least 25 who were overweight.1
They were randomised to lifestyle intervention with a healthy diet that
aimed to achieve a 7% weight loss and at least 150 minutes of moderate
intensity activity each week or to treatment with …