If you're depressed, get help

8 ways to prevent diabetes

Millions of Canadians are living with diabetes and prediabetes. There are steps and lifestyle changes you can take to ward off the disease

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2. If you're depressed, get help

If you're depressed, you're much less likely to exercise and eat well. But the health dangers don't end there. US scientists from Stanford University think that depression itself alters body chemistry in profound ways that spell trouble for anyone at risk for diabetes. Rates of insulin resistance were 23 percent higher among depressed women than among women who weren't depressed, regardless of body weight, exercise habits or age.