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Physical inactivity, sedentary behavior, and unhealthy diet moderately contribute to incident diabetes with population-attributable fractions of 8.59%, 6.35%, and 4.47%, respectively.

Encouraging physical activity and healthy eating can reduce diabetes risk in older adults.

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Physical inactivity (8.59%), sedentary behavior (6.35%), and unhealthy diet (4.47%) moderately contributed to incident diabetes.

Mian Li et al. · Diabetes Care · 2020

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Based on a large prospective cohort study.

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Individual and Combined Associations of Modifiable Lifestyle and Metabolic Health Status With New-Onset Diabetes and Major Cardiovascular Events: The China Cardiometabolic Disease and Cancer Cohort (4C) Study

Mian Li et al. · Diabetes Care · 2020

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