Exercise and how it helps teens lower diabetes risk
March 20th, 2023
"A team at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom studied 300 children as they aged from 9 to 16 and found those who were more active at age 13 were less likely to develop insulin resistance. Oddly enough, increased exercise provides no benefit at the age of 16, the study, published in the journal Diabetologia, concluded. Brad Metcalf, Ph.D., a senior lecturer in physical activity and health at Exeter, said insulin resistance peaks at age 13. Reducing it, he said, could lessen the demand on insulin producing cells and preserve them for longer. “We’ve identified a critical window when activity has the biggest impact on adolescent insulin resistance,” he told Healthline. “What now needs to be identified is an intervention/initiative that actually increases time spent being active by at least 15 minutes a day.”
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