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The Importance of Leisure to Diabetes Management

January 13, 2012 By Toby Smithson Leave a Comment

Finding time for leisure could be just what the doctor ordered. It turns out that freeing time for enjoyment and relaxation of body and mind can have impressive benefits to your health, and especially to your diabetes management. 

Here’s a trailer for the video on leisure.


Stress is difficult to avoid, but chronic stress is a barrier to effective diabetes management, and a drag on our overall health. However, participating in regular leisure activities can go a long way toward relieving stress….it’s so important, in fact, that Toby considers it part of her essential commitment to diabetes management, priority. But what counts as leisure? Check this clip and find out.

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