Weight Loss is THE Most Effective Diabetes Prevention

September 18th, 2006

We have long known the connection between obesity and diabetes.  Now fresh research points to healthy weight loss as the key to diabetes prevention.

This result is one of the first findings of the Diabetes Prevention Project.  Dr. Richard Hamman reports that participants who met weight loss goals reduced their risk of type 2 diabetes by 58% over three years.  While we never have absolutely conclusive evidence in the complex field of human health, it is almost certain that the “intensive lifestyle intervention” kinds of activities are your surest path to long term health.

Check out the abstract from the September issue of Diabetes Care.

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