The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health played a major role in a large diabetes prevention study that turned out amazing results. The study focused on prediabetics, people whose health issue is on the cusp of being classified as diabetes mellitus. Studies show that "moderate physical activity of about 150 minutes full week and modest weight-loss of 7% of body weight dramatically reduced the probability of diabetes for people the prediabetes purpose." (UPMC, 2007). This…