HEALTH UPDATE: exercise cuts diabetes risk in people with big waists

Exercise can help people with large waistlines reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, Finnish researchers said on September 1.
Type 2 diabetes, the more common form of the illness caused by an inability to make or properly use insulin, is linked to being overweight or obese.
But scientists from the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki found that people with large waistlines who exercise were less likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes than their less active counterparts.
"People who were obese were more likely to be diagnosed with glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes but if they were physically active their risk was significantly lower," said Katja Borodulin, who headed the study. Glucose intolerance is an early indication that glucose is not being processed efficiently in the body.