New guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association provide specific exercise advice for individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, while new research emphasizes the importance of getting people off the couch and moving more often throughout the day.
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Dunstan, D. Exercise and T2DM—move muscles more often!. Nat Rev Endocrinol 7, 189–190 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2011.35
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