Effective Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus: A Motto for Healthy Habits—“None of one, Less of Two, More of Three”

Objective To demonstrate the correlation of six healthy habits with plasma glucose. Methods Our mnemonic or motto for promoting healthy habits is “none of one, less of two, more of three”. The ‘one’ behavior is smoking. The two things are intake of food and alcohol. The three things are exercise, re...

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Published in:	Internal Medicine Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 413 - 416
Main Authors:	WADA, Takashi, FUKUMOTO, Tsutomu, JOKI, Mari, MAEDA, Toshihiko, NAKAZAKI, Kaoru, HASHIMOTO, Hiroko, KURISU, Atsuko, ODA, Sai
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Tokyo The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 01-05-2005 Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Subjects:	alcohol Attitude to Health Biological and medical sciences Blood Glucose - metabolism diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - blood Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control Diabetes Mellitus - psychology Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance diet Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance exercise Female General aspects Habits Humans Japan Life Style lifestyle Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Patient Education as Topic - methods Reference Values Retrospective Studies Surveys and Questionnaires Japan Endocrinopathy Physical exercise Ethanol Healthy subject Internal medicine Nutrition Diabetes mellitus Alcohol exercise lifestyle Prevention Alcoholic beverage Diet Efficiency Life style
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Summary:	Objective To demonstrate the correlation of six healthy habits with plasma glucose. Methods Our mnemonic or motto for promoting healthy habits is “none of one, less of two, more of three”. The ‘one’ behavior is smoking. The two things are intake of food and alcohol. The three things are exercise, rest and enjoyable activities. Subjects A questionnaire recording compliance with this motto was completed by 8,113 subjects undergoing medical health check-ups. Subjects under medication were excluded. Fasting plasma glucose was measured. Results Fasting plasma glucose decreased significantly in relation to the number of healthy habits practiced (5.57 mmol/l for one, 5.51 for two, 5.49 for three, 5.41 for four, 5.38 for five, and 5.31 for six). Conclusion Practicing these six healthy habits contributes to the prevention of diabetes mellitus.
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ISSN:	0918-2918 1349-7235
DOI:	10.2169/internalmedicine.44.413