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10-minute walk after a meal good for diabetes

18-Oct-2016

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Study compared 10-minute walk after a main meal to a single 30-minute walk each day.

Walking after a meal resulted in 12% lower blood glucose levels.

Low volume study: 41 adults (average age 60) who had diabetes for an average of 10 years.

Post-meal physical activity may avoid the need for an increased total insulin dose.

The study was published in the Diabetologia journal.

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Asahi Kasei

Multinational Japanese chemical company with main products chemicals and materials science.

Diabetologia

The journal provides information in the field of diabetes

University of Otago

Public Research university.

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Diabetes