Lifestyle interventions and type 1 diabetes

Fatty acids derived from fish and consumed during breastfeeding may protect against the development of type 1 diabetes-associated autoimmunity, researchers report.

Results from an animal model indicate that a fasting-mimicking diet has profound effects on pancreatic cells, reversing diabetes in mouse models of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Frequency may be the strongest physical activity determinant of long-term risk for incident cardiovascular disease events in patients with type 1 diabetes, report researchers.

Wearing activity monitors does not lead to improved health outcomes, despite a modest increase in wearers’ activity levels, shows a large randomised trial.

Overweight and obese people who carry two minor alleles of the fat mass and obesity associated gene respond just as well to weight loss interventions as noncarriers, shows a meta-analysis of individual participant data.