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Moderate and sustained weight loss through combined diet, exercise, and lifestyle modifications improves blood glucose levels, insulin action, and reduces the need for diabetic medications in individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
If you have obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, losing weight is the most critical step you can take to improve your health. You don't need a specific pill or extreme diet; focus on a sustainable combination of eating less, moving more, and changing daily habits. This approach directly improves how your body handles sugar and insulin, potentially reducing your need for medication.
Multiple clinical studies have demonstrated that moderate and sustained weight loss can improve blood glucose levels, insulin action and reduce the need for diabetic medications. A combined approach of diet, exercise and lifestyle modifications can successfully reduce obesity and subsequently ameliorate the ill effects and deadly complications of DM.
Why this rating
The paper cites 'Multiple clinical studies' and 'in vivo studies', indicating strong observational and experimental support, though it is a review rather than a single RCT.
Source
The Role of Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus—An Overview
Preethi Chandrasekaran et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2024
DOI 10.3390/ijms25031882
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