Type 2 diabetes prevention programs can work at large scale, study finds
A new study showed that lifestyle programs — in the real world — can help people in danger of developing type 2 diabetes from tipping into a diagnosis of the condition.
LONDON — Clinical trials have shown that lifestyle programs — which include diet, exercise, and behavioral coaching — can help people in danger of developing type 2 diabetes from tipping into a diagnosis of the condition. But there’s been a nagging question of whether such intensive regimens work in the real world.
A study published Wednesday backs up the idea that they can. Researchers behind the work relied on novel statistical approaches to analyze millions of records from England’s National Health Service and found that participants in the NHS’s Diabetes Prevention Program saw improvements in risk factors for type 2 diabetes, indicating that patients can benefit from such initiatives even outside the confines of a controlled experiment.
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