Open AccessEpidemiology of Walking and Type 2 Diabetes
Author(s) -
Carl J. Caspersen,
Janet E. Fulton
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e31817c6737
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , epidemiology , type 2 diabetes , gerontology , population , disease , public health , environmental health , body mass index , relative risk , demography , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , nursing , physics , sociology , optics , endocrinology
Diabetes is prevalent, deadly, serious, and costly. It affects an estimated 20.8 million Americans in 2005, having doubled from 1980, and is expected to reach at least 29 million by 2050. In 2002, diabetes was responsible for an estimated $132 billion in costs. Diabetes concerns leaders in public health and clinicians, and its personal, social, and economic burdens require preventive efforts such as the promotion of walking. As such, we reviewed the limited epidemiologic data of walking and incident diabetes (two studies) and walking and mortality outcomes among diabetic persons (three studies).