The guidelines on physical activities in individuals with type 2 diabetes, a common chronic metabolic disease, have been updated continuously, and relevant recommendations from them are increasingly improved, but there are still difficulties in these people's daily activities need to be addressed. In February 2022, the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association issued the Exercise/Physical Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes (EPAIT2D) by updating the Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes, a statement jointly published by them in 2010, which provides a concise summary of new clinical recommendations on age-specific physical activity, optimal timing of activities, effectiveness of medical intervention and physical activity, and precautions regarding physical activities and diets in type 2 diabetics. We interpreted the essentials and key updated contents of the EPAIT2D, and put forward recommendations on clinical delivery of exercise/physical activity interventions targeting Chinese type 2 diabetics.
