On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:24:40 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 2:06:01 PM UTC-4, Brice wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:42:47 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 1:17:56 PM UTC-4, Brice wrote:
>> >>
>> >> If you don't have it yet, can't you avoid getting it by adjusting your
>> >> lifestyle? Isn't type 2 the result of lifestyle?
>> >
>> >Not always lifestyle, but very, very frequently.
>> >
>> >What adjustment would you suggest for a man who cannot walk
>> >more than 1000 feet (that's about 300 meters), nor at a pace
>> >exceeding a stroll? He will never be capable of exceeding
>> >that performance due to spinal stenosis.
>>
>> My uninformed guess is that to avoid getting diabetes in the first
>> place, losing weight helps, if you're not already at your optimal
>> weight. And the most efficient way to do that is to eat less. No?
>
>Eat less and/or exercise more.
>
>Honestly, if it were easy, everybody would do it and there wouldn't
>be a $66 billion weight loss industry in the United States.

I'm not saying it's easy. But if a doctor said to me "lose weight or
you'll develop diabetes", that would be a huge motivator. And from my
experience, it's much more efficient to lose weight by eating less,
than by exercising. Not that exercise isn't good.