Lifestyle interventions and the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes

…there is strong evidence that lifestyle interventions... can prevent or delay the development of T2DM in high-risk populations. Abstract: The diabetes epidemic is fueled by a societal increase in insu-lin resistance, caused by lifestyle factors, particularly excessive caloric intake and physical inactivity. Aging also plays a role in the increase in insulin resistance; however, even in older pop-ulations, the increase in insulin resis-tance appears to be attributable mainly to age-related obesity and inactivity. Insulin resistance reflects deposition o