Exercise is also important. In 2002, a clinical trial called the Diabetes Prevention Program found that people could cut their risk of developing the disease by more than 50 percent if they spent 30 minutes walking briskly six times a week. "This is not a matter of running marathons or climbing mountains," says Robert Rizza, director of research at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. "There are all kinds of small things we can do that will make a difference."
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