Physical exercise halts progression of Type 1 diabetes in kids with diabetes-related autoantibodies
South Florida: A study published in Diabetes Care has addressed the role of physical exercises in children with multiple diabetes-related autoantibodies in the age group of 5-15 years in reducing the progression of type 1 diabetes.
In this study, the team investigated the physical activity and its association with the development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in genetically at-risk children.
As part of the TEDDY study, an annual assessment of activity using accelerometry was done from the age of five. Researchers in the present study assessed the association between time spent performing physical activity daily and the appearance of one or several autoantibodies and progression to type 1 diabetes in three risk groups.
The risk groups are:
- 3,869 islet autoantibody (IA)-negative children. One hundred fifty-seven became single IA positive.
- 302 single IA-positive children. Seventy-three became multiple-IA positive.
- Of two hundred ninety-four multiple IA-positive children, 148 developed type 1 diabetes.
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