Effective prevention of diabetes mellitus: a motto for healthy habits--"none of one, less of two, more of three".
OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate the correlation of six healthy habits with plasma glucose.


METHODS
Our mnemonic or motto for promoting healthy habits is "none of one, less of two, more of three". The 'one' behavior is smoking. The two things are intake of food and alcohol. The three things are exercise, rest and enjoyable activities.


METHODS
A questionnaire recording compliance with this motto was completed by 8,113 subjects undergoing medical health check-ups. Subjects under medication were excluded. Fasting plasma glucose was measured.


RESULTS
Fasting plasma glucose decreased significantly in relation to the number of healthy habits practiced (5.57 mmol/l for one, 5.51 for two, 5.49 for three, 5.41 for four, 5.38 for five, and 5.31 for six) .


CONCLUSIONS
Practicing these six healthy habits contributes to the prevention of diabetes mellitus.
Wada
Takashi
T
Health Science Center, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Fukumoto
Tsutomu
T
Joki
Mari
M
Maeda
Toshihiko
T
Nakazaki
Kaoru
K
Hashimoto
Hiroko
H
Kurisu
Atsuko
A
Oda
Sai
S
D001294:Attitude to Health; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D001786:Blood Glucose