FARNAZ SEIFI-ASGSHAHR - Associate professor, Department of exercise Physiology, Faculty of Education and Psychology,University ofMohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

One of the main goals of diabetic therapy is to achieve the best metabolic control to prevent the development andprogression of potential complications. A multidisciplinary approach characterized by the combination of diet,physical activity (PA) and drug therapy with oral and injectable (non-insulin) pharmacological agents, is desirableto optimize metabolic control. The aim of this review is to explain the contribution of PA and its beneficial effectson patients affected by type ۱ (T۱D) and type ۲ diabetes (T۲D). We provide an overview of evidence on the effectsof PA for the main two types of diabetes mellitus (DM) to identify the right level of PA to be recommended. Wediscuss the physiological and clinical role of PA in people with DM. It can be concluded that the objective ofantidiabetic therapy should be the achievement and optimization of metabolic control through a multidisciplinaryapproach involving non-pharmacological therapy such as diet and PA, which has a crucial role

diabetes, physical activity, exercise, non-pharmacological therapy