Latest articles from Health and Medicine Info (http://www.health-n-medicine.info) http://www.health-n-medicine.info 2009-01-09T00:41:43+01:00 text/html 2008-08-05T06:40:27+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/walking-aids-in-type-a7489.html Type 2 diabetes has risen to epidemic proportions in the industrialized countries. Recent research has shown that this disease is highly preventable, and that lifestyle interventions involving changes in diet and physical activity are effective in reversing many of the risk factors and disease processes associated with this condition.