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Long-Term Resistance Training and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

  • By

  • Tianyue Zhang

  • Yiwen Zhang

  • Dong Hoon Lee

  • Leandro F. M. Rezende

  • Xinyu Wang

  • Chao Zheng

  • Edward Giovannucci

  • June 22, 2026

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    Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a significant global health issue, with physical activity being crucial for its prevention and management.

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    Current US guidelines recommend resistance training at least twice weekly, but optimal performance for T2D prevention is not well established.

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    The study analyzed three large US cohorts with repeated assessments of resistance training to evaluate its long-term associations with T2D.

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    Resistance training and aerobic activity were treated as time-varying exposures, calculated as cumulative means across follow-up.

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    The final analytic sample included 142,715 participants after exclusions for missing data and prior chronic diseases.

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Long-Term Resistance Training and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

  • by Tianyue Zhang, Yiwen Zhang, Dong Hoon Lee, Leandro F. M. Rezende, Xinyu Wang, Chao Zheng, Edward Giovannucci

  • June 22, 2026

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