Peer-reviewed study
Strength training is metabolic health work too
Resistance training enhances metabolic and muscular health and reduces systemic inflammation in middle-aged and older adults with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis
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PubMed-linked study details.
- Authors
- Wang, Fan, and Wang
- Journal
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2025.
- Identifiers
- PMID 41106502 · DOI 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112941
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Do not give diabetes treatment advice. People with diabetes need clinician-guided exercise and nutrition decisions.
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Even for non-bodybuilding clients, lifting can be framed as health infrastructure: muscle, function, and metabolic resilience.
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Lifting is not just for aesthetics
Muscle is metabolic insurance
Strength work belongs in adult health plans
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