Type 2 diabetes and physical activity: can you exercise your symptoms away?
An interview with Greg Wells PhD by Jenny Hall May 10, 2012. Read the article on the University of Toronto Research and Innovation site here.
Part 2 of a 4-part series
Welcome to Part 3 of our series on type 2 diabetes. If you’re just joining us, check out our Q&A with Bernard Zinman on the scope of the problem and our Q&A Thomas Wolever on diabetes and diet.
Today we talk to Greg Wells about the relationship between type 2 diabetes and exercise. A professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and an associate scientist in physiology and exercise medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children, Wells is at the forefront of the new field of exercise medicine, which investigates the use of physical activity to treat and prevent chronic disease.





Greg D. Wells, Ph.D.

