Dieting beats exercise for diabetes prevention, combination is best

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 11:00 in Health & Medicine

Lifestyle changes that include dieting to lose weight and exercise can help prevent type 2 diabetes, but researchers were uncertain which element contributes more. A new study suggests that, in postmenopausal women at least, dietary weight loss alone is effective while exercise alone is not effective, and both together are best of all.

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