Weight Loss a big help for Type 2 Diabetes

Recently saw a great write up on a study done by "The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group" on he impact of Lifestyle changes ( read ways to reduce your weight ) and Metfornin.

Lots of technical details here :
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/54/8/2404.long

Here are some interesting part of the results : 

Changes in weight and proinsulin over time were strong predictors of diabetes, with decreased weight and decreased proinsulin predicting a lower hazard of diabetes in all treatment arms.

Clearly weight is a predictor. So what happens when we can control this. See the next snippet about what lead to lower risk:

 Interestingly, we found that change in weight was an important factor, with greater weight loss translating to lower risk. In addition, improved insulin sensitivity was also associated with a decrease in the risk of developing diabetes, with the lifestyle intervention again being the most effective.
 I have some friends who clearly cannot afford to loose weight and still suffer from Type 2. Not sure what this means for them, but for the ones who know they can lose a few pounds, LETS DO THIS.


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