Recommedations

5.24 Chil­dren and ado­les­cents with type 1 or type 2 di­a­betes or predi­a­betes should en­gage in 60 min/‍day or more of mod­er­ate-‍ or vig­or­ous-‍in­ten­si­ty aer­o­bic ac­tiv­i­ty, with vig­or­ous mus­cle-‍strengthening and bone-‍strength­en­ing ac­tiv­i­ties at least 3 days/‍week. C

5.25 Most adults with type 1 C and type 2 B di­a­betes should en­gage in 150 min or more of mod­er­ate-‍to-vig­or­ous in­ten­si­ty aer­o­bic ac­tiv­i­ty per week, spread over at least 3 days/‍week, with no more than 2 con­sec­u­tive days with­out ac­tiv­i­ty. Short­er du­ra­tions (min­i­mum 75 min/‍week) of vig­or­ous-‍in­ten­si­ty or in­ter­val train­ing may be sufficient for younger and more phys­i­cally fit in­di­vid­u­als.

5.26 Adults with type 1 C and type 2 B di­a­betes should en­gage in 2–3 ses­sions/‍week of re­sis­tance ex­er­cise on noncon­sec­u­tive days.

5.27 All adults, and par­tic­u­lar­ly those with type 2 di­a­betes, should de­crease the amount of time spent in daily seden­tary be­hav­ior. B Pro­longed sit­ting should be in­ter­rupt­ed every 30 min for blood glu­cose benefits, par­tic­u­lar­ly in adults with type 2 di­a­betes. C

5.28 Flex­i­bil­i­ty train­ing and bal­ance train­ing are rec­om­mend­ed 2–3 times/‍week for older adults with di­a­betes. Yoga and tai chi may be in­clud­ed based on in­di­vid­u­al pref­er­ences to in­crease flex­i­bil­i­ty, mus­cu­lar strength, and bal­ance. C