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Changes in specific health behaviors (physical activity, diet composition, alcohol, smoking) were not consistently associated with diabetes remission in this study.
While weight loss is crucial, simply trying to change your diet or exercise habits without focusing on the resulting weight loss may not be enough to put diabetes into remission. The weight loss itself is the key factor.
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We did not observe any consistent patterns of associations between unit changes in health behaviours and remission of diabetes.
Why this rating
Prospective cohort study.
Source
Behaviour change, weight loss and remission of Type 2 diabetes: a community‐based prospective cohort study
Hajira Dambha‐Miller et al. · Diabetic Medicine · 2019
DOI 10.1111/dme.14122
cohort · n=867Cited 83×
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