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[Lifestyle-recommendations on weight loss in type 2 diabetes--useful, or not?]
Wanda M Admiraal1, Frits Holleman, Joost B L Hoekstra
1Academisch Medisch Centrum, afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde, Amsterdam.
Abstract:
Weight loss is recommended for overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes on the basis of short-term studies, but the long-term effects of weight loss on cardiovascular disease are unknown. The recently published Look AHEAD (Action for health in diabetes) study investigated the 10-year effect of an intensive lifestyle intervention designed to achieve weight loss on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes. In this commentary, we discuss the results and clinical implications of this study.
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