Physical exercise, public health and quality of life in diabetes

Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2009 Sep:25 Suppl 1:S1-3. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.990.

Abstract

Subjects that do physical exercise regularly have a reduced risk of developing diabetes, obesity, hypertension, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and stroke, colon cancer, depression and complications related to these morbid events. Here we present a series of articles on specific topics linked with diabetes focusing on physical exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness, their role in fuel metabolism and insulin resistance and the relationship with health care and the quality of life of diabetic patients.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diabetes Mellitus / physiopathology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / psychology*
  • Exercise*
  • Humans
  • Public Health*
  • Quality of Life*