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Lifestyle Changes Affect Sleep-Related Risk of Diabetes

Posted by globalmed on Sun, 23 Aug 2009

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Sleeping too little or too much has been found to be associated with an increased risk for diabetes. Finnish researchers now report that lifestyle interventions may reduce the excess risk of diabetes associated with long sleep duration. Their findings were published online before print on August 3, 2009.The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Grouprandomly assigned 522 overweight adults with impaired glucose tolerance, aged 40 to 64 years, to either intensive diet-exercise counseling or no interve... Read More

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