步行——降低糖尿病风险近期,《英国医学杂志》网络版发布了一项澳大利亚一个团队的研究成果:步行越多,你的糖尿病风险就越低。2000-2005年间,澳大利亚的科学家们在全澳洲跟踪了592名中年人参与的一项糖尿病研究。参与者在这项研究开始时全部接受了体检,并且向研究人员提供了关于他们饮食与生活习惯的详情。这些志愿者每人得到了一个计步器,研究人员教会他们如何去使用。5年后,这些参与者的复查显示,在调整饮食、控制吸烟和饮酒的因素之外,每天较高的步数是与身体质量指数、腰围与臀围比例以及更好的胰岛素敏感度有关联的。 Walking - Reduce the Risk of Diabetes Recently, the online edition of British Medical Journal published a study by a team from Australia: the more you walk, the lower your risk of diabetes. Between 2000 and 2005, Australian scientists tracked a diabetes study involving 592 middle-aged adults throughout Australia. Participants at the beginning of the study all received a medical examination and provided researchers with details about their diet and lifestyle. Each of these volunteers got a pedometer, and researchers taught them how to use it. Five years later, a review of these participants showed that higher daily steps outside the diet, controlling smoking and alcohol consumption were associated with a BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and better insulin sensitivity of.