Weight training may lower risk of diabetes: US study

TNP (p10) reported off Reuters that a US study has found that weight training is linked to a lower risk of developing diabetes. Harvard School of Public Health’s Frank Hu and his colleagues found that the risk of getting type 2 diabetes was only half as high for men who did cardio, or aerobic workouts at least 150 minutes a week, compared with those who did not do any cardio exercise. Men who did weight training for 150 minutes or more had a risk reduction of a third compared to those who never lifted weights, independently or whether or not they did aerobic exercise. The report was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.