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An intensive lifestyle intervention combining individualized dietary advice (reduced saturated fat, increased fiber) and increased physical activity significantly reduces body weight and improves glucose tolerance, blood pressure, and serum triglycerides in overweight individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) compared to general health advice.
If you are overweight and have impaired glucose tolerance, a structured lifestyle program focusing on losing 5-10 kg, eating more fiber and less saturated fat, and increasing physical activity can significantly improve your blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. This approach is feasible and can be managed with regular support from healthcare professionals, potentially delaying or preventing type 2 diabetes.
The weight reduction was greater (- 4(cid:215) 6 kg) at 1 year in the intervention group (n = 152) than in the control group (n = 143, - 0(cid:215) 9 kg, P , 0(cid:215) 0001)... At 1 year the intervention group showed significantly greater reductions in 2 h glucose, fasting and 2 h insulin, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and serum triglycerides.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with a large sample size (523 subjects) and statistically significant results, though it is an interim report of an ongoing study.
Source
The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study
Matti Uusitupa et al. · British Journal Of Nutrition · 2000
DOI 10.1017/s0007114500001070
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