Ex Smokers Ought to Take Advice to Diet to Avoid Diabetes

Wed, 06 Jan 2010
Scientists warn that people who stop smoking are likely to get diabetes due to the fact that they gain weight.

A big American study has discovered that those who quit smoking are twice as likely as continuing smokers and up to 70 per cent more likely than non-smokers to develop type 2 diabetes within six years.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, researchers stated that people trying to quit ought to be offered advice on diet and exercise to prevent gaining weight.

They stated that the dangers of developing lung cancer or any other health problems from smoking outweigh the short-term risks from quitting and ought not to be used as an excuse not to kick the habit.

The study was of 10,892 middle-aged adults from 1987 to 1989 who did not yet have diabetes. They were monitored for 17 years and data regarding diabetes status, weight and glucose levels were collected.

Around 1.5 million people in Britain have type 2 diabetes, which usually happens in middle age and is related to being overweight .

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