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Nature Reviews Endocrinology 3, 443 (1 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/ncpendmet0484

Reducing television viewing time might help to prevent diabetes

Dunstan DW et al. (2007) Association of television viewing with fasting and 2-h postchallenge plasma glucose levels in adults without diagnosed diabetes. Diabetes Care 30: 516–522 Sedentary behavior is known to increase the risk of various chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome.