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1 day agoHigh muscle strength linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes
Higher muscle strength significantly reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, regardless of one's genetic susceptibility.
"Type 2 diabetes is at epidemic proportions in both India and Pakistan and increasing rapidly in Bangladesh as well. The latest estimates show that over 33% of the global burden of type 2 diabetes is from South Asian populations, both migrant and non-migrant." - Moneeza Siddiqui, Epidemiologist at Queen Mary University of London.