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Physical Activity as a Lifestyle Modification in Patients With Multiple Comorbidities: Emphasizing More on Obese, Prediabetic, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients.

Arturo P Jaramillo, Sabina Ibrahimli, Javier Castells, Luisa Jaramillo, Denisse Moncada, Jhoanny C Revilla Huerta

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Arturo P JaramilloGeneral Practice, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Sabina IbrahimliCardiology, Ivan Mikhailovich (IM) Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, RUS.
Javier CastellsMedicine, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, ECU.
Luisa JaramilloInternal Medicine, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, ECU.
Denisse MoncadaMedicine, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, ECU.
Jhoanny C Revilla HuertaMedicine, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, VEN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this research, physical activity (PA) was shown to be inversely associated with the incidence of diabetes. This emphasizes the relevance of PA in diabetes prevention lifestyle intervention initiatives and encourages healthcare practitioners to advise high-risk patients on a healthy lifestyle combining PA for the reduction of weight in prediabetic, obese, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. The link between PA and diabetes was stronger in people with moderate or higher baseline PA, reflecting national recommendations that imply increasing activity levels may provide larger advantages for those who are comparatively less active. An intensive lifestyle intervention of eating healthier foods and increasing PA resulted in an effective decrease in weight and waist circumference after one year, which has high potential in the long term to prevent T2DM and different comorbidities such as obesity. Studies such as PRomotion Of Physical activity through structured Education with differing Levels of ongoing Support for those with prediabetes (PROPELS) demonstrate that the combination of PA interventions with telemedicine follow-ups results in ambulatory activity changes in the first year, but these changes do not last longer than four years. Acute PA practicing regularly will reduce postprandial glucose excursions. However, it is unknown what type of PA routine will benefit the most from reducing postprandial glucose levels. There are no discernible variations in the effects of different disciplines of training on glucose levels, mainly when the data are compared across time. The combination of a healthy diet and lifestyle with programs based on diabetes prevention results in comparable and clinically significant mean weight reduction with cardiometabolic advantages. Based on the reviewed and cited studies, PA in patients at high risk of T2DM and obese and non-obese patients with T2DM results in favorable outcomes in the first few months. There is a large gap in investigations of the effects of PA in these patients and the benefits of other lifestyle modifications in long-term-based studies. However, in this study, we emphasize the importance of lifestyle modifications, putting in perspective principally the PA that the majority of patients with comorbidities do not practice, especially those with obesity, prediabetes, and T2DM. Thus, it would be necessary to conduct long-interval studies such as randomized clinical trials, where a better outcome can be given about intervals based on daily exercise times and the type of exercise in conjunction with diets that will have the greatest benefit, focusing more on the subjects that our research mentioned.

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exercise trainingintensive lifestyle changeobese peopleprediabetictype 2 diabetes

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PMCPMC10399606

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