Why does sedentary activity increase the risk of diabetes?

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The characteristics of a passive lifestyle such as inactivity, sitting a lot along with eating a lot, unscientific nutrition are the leading risk factors for diabetes. Therefore, lifestyle changes, regular exercise as well as a balanced diet make an important contribution to disease prevention.

1. Risk of diabetes


Diabetes is a chronic endocrine disease that can be dangerous to the patient, causing the patient's quality of life to decrease over time. However, the disease progresses silently and in the early stages, there are often no too typical symptoms and it is difficult to recognize, until the disease is examined and diagnosed, it has left many serious complications in the patient. Therefore, paying attention to the risks of diabetes is extremely necessary to promptly change or recognize this disease early. In addition to risk factors such as obesity, stress, kidney stones, people with polycystic ovary syndrome, etc., inactivity is considered one of the common risks causing this disease. According to many statistics, people who sit a lot and are inactive are 3 times more likely to get the disease than those who are physically active.

2. Lazy to exercise


Inactivity, sitting a lot are bad habits in today's busy and modern life, leading to many dangerous related diseases such as obesity, diabetes... In addition, overeating Canned foods, foods high in fat and carbohydrates combined with a sedentary lifestyle like above also make overweight and obesity happen, which is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes.
To prevent diabetes, patients need to control their body weight to limit or treat obesity. Patients can reduce the use of processed foods and contain many ingredients that are easy to cause obesity, and also need to exercise every day, maybe walking for about 150 minutes / week. In addition, patients should have regular health checks, measure blood sugar as prescribed by the doctor to control the disease. Some other methods that can be applied in diabetes prevention are getting proper rest, improving sleep quality, limiting stress in work and life, and getting along with society to repel worries. and everyday stress.
Being inactive or eating a lot are factors that make diabetes happen. Because these are the habits of people in modern life, this change is very challenging and requires persistence to apply for a long time, in order to reverse the risk of disease.
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