Diabetes and a sedentary lifestyle are health issues that may occur independently or together, resulting in decreased life expectancy.1 Research links sedentary lifestyle to abdominal obesity and impaired insulin, which increases the risk of diabetes and poor outcomes.2 With over 38.4 million people with diabetes—representing 11.6% of the population3—the prevalence of diabetes is a public health concern and growing epidemic in the United States. This evidence concerns the gene INS and diabetes mellitus.