Healthy Habits Cut Long-Term Multimorbidity Risk, Study Finds
Long-term follow-up of the Diabetes Prevention Program shows that adults with prediabetes who adopted a healthy diet and regular exercise had a 21% lower risk of developing multimorbidity (two or more chronic conditions) over more than two decades, with benefits persisting after the original trial; overall, 85% of participants developed at least two chronic conditions, underscoring that prevention can improve health and reduce costs, though causality is not proven.
