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Intensive, long-term lifestyle interventions involving structured counseling and physical activity can achieve significant and sustained increases in physical activity levels and weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes, although adherence to high-intensity protocols often declines over time.

Sustained lifestyle change in type 2 diabetes is possible with intensive, long-term support. Focus on consistent, moderate-to-vigorous aerobic and resistance exercise (targeting 150+ minutes/week) combined with dietary changes. While maintaining the highest intensity of initial programs is difficult, even modest, sustained increases in activity and breaking up sedentary time yield significant long-term cardiovascular and metabolic benefits.

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L’intervento intensivo prevedeva, in aggiunta a questo, una sessione supplementare di counseling strutturato sull’attività fisica... L’outcome primario dello studio era il raggiungimento di una spesa energetica, con l’attività fisica volontaria, di almeno 10 MET-h/settimana... Al termine di 2 anni di follow-up, la quota di soggetti che raggiungeva questo obiettivo era del 69% nel gruppo di intervento intensivo, valore significativamente superiore al 18% registrato nel gruppo di controllo.
Paolo Moghetti · il Diabete · 2023

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Based on multiple Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) with long follow-ups (2-10 years) and large sample sizes (up to 5000+).

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Possiamo ottenere un cambiamento dello stile di vita significativo e stabile nel tempo?

Paolo Moghetti · il Diabete · 2023

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