I know he's an Aussie so I should be supportive, and the IDI
is an excellent organisation, but really?

We spent research money discovering this? Seriously?

It's like discovering that water runs downhill, or falling
off bikes causes gravel rash.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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Hi Kurt,
after testing 8,357 adults the chance that they detected something was still
marginal.As this chance depents on the number of subjects tested we may
safely asume that this research was a waste of time ..... Don't turn things
upside down : they did NOT prove that the relation does NOT hold in women
.Their sample size was simply not large enough to detect ANYTHING . NOT that
there was a relation , NOT that there was NO relation.

Seems an important difference to me
hth
Gys

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/3/516?maxtoshow=&HITS=1
0&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=dunstan&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevan
ce&volume=30&firstpage=516&resourcetype=HWCIT

Association of Television Viewing With Fasting and 2-h Postchallenge Plasma
Glucose Levels in Adults Without Diagnosed Diabetes

David W. Dunstan, PHD1, Jo Salmon, PHD2, Genevieve N. Healy, MPH3, Jonathan
E. Shaw, MD1, Damien Jolley, MSC4, Paul Z. Zimmet, MD1, Neville Owen, PHD3
on behalf of the AusDiab Steering Committee

1 International Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2 School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne,
Australia
3 Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
4 Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Melbourne, Australia

OBJECTIVE-We examined the associations of television viewing time with
fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-h postchallenge plasma glucose (2-h PG)
levels in Australian adults.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-A total of 8,357 adults aged >35 years who were
free from diagnosed diabetes and who attended a population-based
cross-sectional study (Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study
[AusDiab]) were evaluated. Measures of FPG and 2-h PG were obtained from an
oral glucose tolerance test. Self-reported television viewing time (in the
previous week) was assessed using an interviewer-administered questionnaire.
Homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) of insulin sensitivity (HOMA-%S) and
ß-cell function (HOMA-%B) were calculated based on fasting glucose and
insulin concentrations.

RESULTS-After adjustment for confounders and physical activity time, time
spent watching television in women was positively associated with 2-h PG,
log fasting insulin, and log HOMA-%B and inversely associated with log
HOMA-%S (P < 0.05) but not with FPG. No significant associations were
observed with glycemic measures in men. The ß-coefficients across categories
of average hours spent watching television per day (<1.0, 1.0-1.9, 2.0-2.9,
3.0-3.9, and 4.0) for 2-h PG in women were 0 (reference), 0.009, 0.047,
0.473, and 0.501, respectively (P for trend = 0.02).

CONCLUSIONS-Our findings highlight the unique deleterious relationship of
sedentary behavior (indicated by television viewing time) and glycemic
measures independent of physical activity time and adiposity status. These
relationships differed according to sex and type of glucose measurement,
with the 2-h PG measure being more strongly associated with television
viewing. The findings suggest an important role for reducing sedentary
behavior in the prevention of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,
especially in women.

Abbreviations: 2-h PG, 2-h postchallenge plasma glucose . AusDiab,
Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study . FPG, fasting plasma
glucose . HOMA, homeostasis model assessment . HOMA-%B, HOMA of ß-cell
function . HOMA-%S, HOMA of insulin sensitivity

So can you imagine what sedentary behavior does to us diabetics?
while like most if not all of the studies posted here.   the amount of
diabetics used is a very small small % of the total.
However posts like this just help motivate us to get off our a.ses and
become more active.  of course if you would rather sit around watching tv
there is another way to lower your blood sugar levels... eat less carbs.
however even that small amount of carbs would bring lower blood sugar levels
if you were more active and enjoyed life away from the computer and tv.

I liked the post.