Low Aerobic Fitness Now, Diabetes Later
June 19, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
Think disease or middle age is a long, long time away and what you do now doesn’t matter? No so!
Young women and young African Americans are less aerobically fit than men and white adults in the same age group, researchers noted. And that places this group at greater risk for diabetes.
“These young adults are setting the stage for chronic disease in middle age by not being physically active and fit,” said Mercedes Carnethon, lead study author and assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern’s Feinberg School.
Key finding:
Young adults (18-30) with low aerobic fitness levels are two to three times …read more




