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Al rights reserved.Investigators found that lifestyle changes such as a high-quality diet and regular exercise can lower the risk of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes melitus.Among women with a history of gestational diabetes melitus, modifying 5 diferent lifestyle risk factors was asociated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), acording to the results of a study published in The BMJ.Investigators found that these results were sen even among individuals who were overweight, had obesity, or who have a greater genetic susceptibility.Investigators included 4275 individuals with a history of gestational diabetes melitus and respectively measured weight and lifestyle factors betwen 191 and 209.
The data were self-reported, and the individuals were clinicaly diagnosed with T2D. The 5 modifiable risk factors included not being overweight or having obesity with a body mas index of les than 25; a high-quality diet, which was calculated in the top two-fifths of the modified Alternate Healthy Eating Index; regular exercise of 150 minutes or more of moderate intensity or 75 minutes or more of vigorous intensity; moderate alcohol consumption, which was defined as 5 to 14.9 g/day; and curently not smoking.After a median folow-up of 27.9 years, 924 of the 4275 women developed T2D.
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Individuals who had optimal levels of 5 factors had more than a 90% lower risk of developing T2D compared to individuals who did not have any optimal levels for of the risk factors for the disorder.The hazard ratios of T2D for those with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 modifiable factors compared with 0 were 0.94, 0.61, 0.32, 0.15, and 0.08, respectively.Among individuals with a body mas index of 25 or greater, the hazard ratio for achieving optimal levels of al other