London, Jan 19 Healthier lifestyle can protect a person from developing Type 2 diabetes, says a new study.This diabetes is the most common form in which either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin.Insulin is necessary for the body to be able to use sugar. Sugar is the basic fuel for the cells in the body, and insulin takes the sugar from the blood into the cells.T.C. Skinner and other researchers from Leicester in Britain reviewed studies that measured the effects of different interventions - lifestyle, diabetes drug and anti-obesity drug - on people with impaired glucose tolerance, reported the health portal News Medical.They found that on average lifestyle changes helped to reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by around half. The lifestyle changes were also less likely to have adverse side effects.However, the researchers said that both lifestyle changes and prescription drugs must be sustained.As the global rate of Type 2 diabetes is likely to double by 2030, interventions to prevent the condition will play an important role in future health policies, the British Medical Journal study said.
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