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M. Parillo and G. Riccardi

Published in British Journal of Nutrition 2004;92(1):7-19

An Expert Group assessed the relationship between lifestyle and the risk of type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle factors that probably increase the risk of type 2 diabetes are overweight and physical inactivity. Recent epidemiological evidence has shown that the risk of type 2 diabetes is also associated with diet composition, particularly with 1) low fiber intake, 2) a high trans fatty acid intake and a low ratio of unsaturated-to-saturated fat intake, and 3) absence or excess of alcohol consumption.

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