Past research has discovered that people who adjust their lifestyle can slow the progression of their illness and also tend to require less insulin and/or oral diabetic medication than people who have a sedentary lifestyle. However, many doctors and other health care staff do not talk to the elderly population about controlling their diabetes with diet and exercise. Instead it is assumed that the elderly population would be noncompliant with any diabetic regiment other than taking
Past research has discovered that people who adjust their lifestyle can slow the progression of their illness and also tend to require less insulin and/or oral diabetic medication than people who have a sedentary lifestyle. However, many doctors and other health care staff do not talk to the elderly population about controlling their diabetes with diet and exercise. Instead it is assumed that the elderly population would be noncompliant with any diabetic regiment other than taking