Walking or cycling to workplace reduces diabetes risk.

A new study illustrates that people who travel to work using public transport or who walk or cycle are at lower risk of developing diabetes than those who use private transport.

Walking or cycling to a place of employment also reduced the risk for hypertension, report Anthony A Laverty, from Imperial College London, United Kingdom, and colleagues in the September 2013 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

This research is some of the first to examine the impact of so-called "active travel" on diabetes and hypertension, senior author Christopher Millett, PhD, from Imperial College London, explained to Medscape Medical News. "There have been a lot of studies looking at active travel and the protective effect on obesity," he noted, adding that he and his colleagues also found a similar protective effect against obesity in their study.

This is also some of the first work to show the protective effect of public-transport use, he added, explaining that such commuting usually means that people walk during certain sections of their journey. One US study, for example, showed that those using public transport walked an average of 19 minutes as part of their journey.

Dr. Millett said his results mean that physicians "should encourage people to build physical activity into their everyday life, by adapting their commute to make it more physically active" — for example, by walking or cycling to work if possible or at the very least by using public transport. "It doesn't mean that people necessarily have to spend many sessions in the gym," he noted.

Also, there is a message here for public planners, he said. London came out top of the table for "active travel" in this UK study, but the other regions performed poorly. "We need to persuade governments to invest in active-travel infrastructure," he stressed.

Walking and Cycling to Work Drops Diabetes by 40% to 50%

The current results come from a nationally representative survey of UK residents, called Understanding Society, from 2009 to 2011, analyzed in 2012. Associations between sociodemographic factors and mode of transport to work were assessed with regression models, as was mode of travel and overweight/obesity and having hypertension or diabetes.

Cross-sectional data from 20,458 individuals who participated in wave 1 of the study, aged 16 years or older, were included. Those aged 65 or older were excluded, as were those not working and those working from home. Information on commuting came from two questions: How do you usually get to your place of work? And about how far do you live from your place of work?

Body mass index (BMI) was based on self-reported height and weight, and diabetes and hypertension were also self-reported, based on responses to the question, Has your doctor ever told you that you have diabetes/hypertension?

A total of 69% of participants traveled to work using private transport, with public transport, walking, and cycling used by 16%, 12%, and 3% respectively.

The researchers found that those who walked to work had a 40% lower risk for diabetes and a 17% lower risk for hypertension than those who used private transport. And even just using public transport lowered the risk for diabetes by 18%.

Reductions in overweight or obesity were along similar lines, with a 15% reduction among those using public transport compared with private, a 20% reduction for those who walked to work, and a 37% lower risk for those who cycled.

Adjusted Odds Ratio^a for Mode of Travel to Work and Overweight, Obesity, Diabetes, and/or Hypertension

Mode of travel to work	Overweight or obeseb	Obese	Diabetes	Hypertension
Private transport	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Public transport	0.85	0.89	0.82	1.13
Walking	0.80	0.80	0.60	0.83
Cycling	0.63	0.69	0.50	0.76
a. Adjusted for age, gender, ethnic group, education level, social class, and place of residence. b. Overweight defined as BMI of 25–29 and obesity as BMI of >30

Large Regional Differences

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The researchers also note that there were large differences in active travel across sociodemographic groups. Interestingly, participants from lower socioeconomic groups, for example nonwhite ethnic groups and those with fewer educational qualifications, were more likely to walk to work.

This "marked sociodemographic patterning of active-travel use…may contribute to a lessening of known health inequalities," the authors point out.

And there were large regional differences in active travel across the different regions in the United Kingdom, "perhaps one of the most striking findings in this study….with all regions lagging behind London," they observe.

This included a 10-fold geographic difference in public-transport use between London and most other parts of the United Kingdom, with Northern Ireland performing particularly badly, Dr. Millett noted.

"These findings add to existing evidence that increasing active travel should be prioritized within national and local prevention strategies for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease," they conclude.

Buundada buundo 2aad ee Magaalada Belet-weyne oo maanta laga bilaabay howl dib u dayactir ah (Daawo sawirada)

Iyada oo mudo ka badan 22 sano oo dowlad la,aan ah aysan helin dayactir iyo daryeel ku filan buundayaasha iyo wadooyinka halbowlaha u ah isku xirka dadka iyo gaadiidka magaalada Belet-weyne iyo guud ahaan Gobolka Hiiraan ayaa waxaa maanta howl dib u dayactir ah laga bilaabay buundada buundo 2aad oo halboowla u ah isku socda gaadiidka iyo dadweynaha.

Ururka horumarinta dhalin yarada  gobolka hiiraan ayaa si mutadawacnimo ah iskaga aruuriyay lacag jeebkooda ah ka dib markii ay ka damqadeen bur burka lixaadka leh ee ka muuqdo buundada oo dhibaato weyn ku hayay isku socda gaadiidka iyo dadka.

Gudoomiyaha Ururka horumarinta dhalinyarada Gobolka Hiiraan Mohamed Abdullahi Buraale (Raaxeye) oo kaa shanayo dhamaan xubnaha iyo howlwadeenada ururka horumarinta dhalinyarada Gobolka Hiiraan ayeey u suurta gashay in aay bilaabaan mashruucaan kheyriga ah oo runtii ah mid ku dayasho mudan.

Ma ahan markii ugu horeysay ee uu ururka horumarinta dhalinyarada Gobolka Hiiraan uu qabto howl dan guud ah horay ayeey dayactir dib u dhisid ugu sameeyeen taaladii Daljirka dahsoon iyo jidka Hilokilyo oo uu bur bur xoogan ka soo gaaray dagaaladii iyo dowlad la,aantii uu dalku soo maray.

Allaha u naxariistee waxaa si weyn iskugu howli jiray howlaha dhisida iyo dayactirka wadooyinka iyo buundooyinka intii uu noolaa Ugaas Khaliif Ugaas Rooble ayada oo lagu xasuusto gacantii uu ku lahaa dayactirkii buundada tuulada Nuur fanax iyo meel badan oo ka mid ah Gobolka Hiiraan.

Munaasabdii bilowga dayactirka buundada buundo 2aad ayaa  waxaa ka soo qeebgalay Maamulka Gobolka Hiiraan heer gobal iyo heer degmaba ayaga oo aad u  soo dhaweeyay waxqabad ka ururka horumarinta dhalinyarada Gobolka Hiiraan dhamaan bulshada reer hiiraan ayaa dhankooda aad u soo dhaweeyay howshaan lagu dayactirayo buundada buundo 2aad ee magaalada Belet-weyne.

Muqdisho Munaasabada Ciidul fitriga oo shacab farabadan maanta si weyn ugu Ciideen Xeebta Liido Daawo (SAWIRADA)

Ayada oo lagu gudo jiro maalmaha farxada iyo dabaal dega munaasabada ciidulfitriga ka dib markii ay dhamaatay bishii barakeysneyd ee Ramadaan ayaa dadweyne aad u fara badan  maanta si weyn ugu ciideen xeebta Liido iyo Daljirka Daahsoon oo dhowaan dib u dhis uu ku sameeyey maamulka gobolka Banaadir.

Hadaba waxaan halkaan idinkugu soo gudbineynaa Sawirrada dabaal dega shacabka Muqdisho ee daawasho wacan. 

Source: Radio Muqdisho.

Magaalada Belet-weyne oo si aad ah loogu soo dhaweeyay Wasiirka Gaashaan Dhiga dowlada Jabouti (Daawo Sawirada)

Wafti heer sare ah oo uu hogaaminayay Wasiirka Gaashaan Dhiga dowlada aan walaalaha nahay ee Jabouti mudane Hassan Dharaar Hufane ayaa maanta soo gaaray magaalada Belet-weyne ee caasimada  Gobolka Hiiraan wasiirka waxaa safarkiisa ku wehliyay saraakiil sar sare oo ka tirsan ciidamada milateriga Jabouti iyo safiirka Jabouti u fadhiyo Soomaaliya Mr. Dayib Dubbad Roble, wafdiga ayaa waxaa garoonka diyaaradaha ee Ugaas Khaliif si diiran ugu soo dhaweeyay Wasiirka Gaashaan Dhiga dowlada Soomaaliaya C/xakiin Maxamuud Xaaji Fiqi, Masuuliyiinta maamulka G/Hiiraan oo uu hor kacayay Gudoomiyaha Gobolka Hiiraan Colonel Abdi Farah Laqanyo, saraakiisha Milateriga Dowlada Soomaaliya ee Gobolka hiiraan iyo saraakiisha ciidamada Guutada AMISOM ( Hiil-Walaal) ee Jabouti.