Apr 23

Written by: Skyzone Sports
4/23/2007 6:22 PM 

No time for breakfast and too much TV time are among the factors that can raise the risk of diabetes, Fitness magazine re- ports. In an article in its April is- sue, the magazine outlines nine surprising risk factors for the dis- ease, which affects about 21 mil- lion people in the United States.

Skipping breakfast increases our risk by 30 to 50 percent, ac- cording to Fitness, and watching TV for two or more hours a day boosts it by 14 percent.

Pam O’Brien, the magazine’s article director, says the main rea- son for the story was to point out that people can lower their risk of diabetes in about a month.

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