FED:Sun exposure link to type 2 diabetes

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2010
FED:Sun exposure link to type 2 diabetes

Regular exercise in the Australian sunshine could provide a double benefit for warding
off type 2 diabetes.

JENNY GUNTON of Sydney's Garvan Institute says this is positive for overall health
and keeping trim .. but the dose of vitamin D it provides can also help to prevent the
disease.

She says if people have low levels of vitamin D .. the odds of developing diabetes
are greater .. and people with diabetes are more likely to have low levels.

Doctor GUNTON says the link could also help explain the heightened rates of Type 2
diabetes seen among night-shift workers.

She's about to embark on a two-year project .. involving mice genetically modified
to give them impaired vitamin D processing .. which she says should answer this question
once and for all.

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KEYWORD: DIABETES (SYDNEY)

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