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A 9-month intensive lifestyle intervention (dietary modification and increased physical activity) produces significant short-term weight loss and improved glycemic control in young women with prior gestational diabetes and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, with weight loss effects persisting for at least 6 years.
If you are a young woman with a history of gestational diabetes who has recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, committing to a structured 9-month lifestyle program can help you lose about 4% of your body weight and improve your blood sugar control. Key steps include reducing daily calorie intake by roughly 200-240 calories, limiting fat to less than 30% of your diet, eating 20-30g of fiber daily, and exercising moderately for 30 minutes every day. Even after the program ends, the weight loss benefit can last for at least 6 years, though blood sugar control may require ongoing attention.
A 9-month intensive lifestyle intervention can produce beneficial effects on body weight, HbA1c and other cardiovascular risk factors among young women with previous GDM who subsequently developed new diabetes.
Why this rating
Single-arm trial without a control group limits causal inference regarding the intervention's specific effect versus natural history or regression to the mean.
Source
Effects of a Lifestyle Intervention in Young Women with GDM and Subsequent Diabetes
Gang Hu et al. · Nutrients · 2022
DOI 10.3390/nu14245232
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