However, the researchers stress that only about half of study participants with overweight or obesity “received lifestyle recommendations from providers or engaged in lifestyle modification.”

Lifestyle intervention proves “highly successful” in adults with diabetes aged 65 to 85 years, improving both metabolic and functional health, report researchers.

A family history of diabetes is associated with a younger age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis, but this could be delayed by following a healthy lifestyle, suggest data from the Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation Register.

The findings revealed an average 14.9% reduction in bodyweight from baseline during 68 weeks of treatment with semaglutide 2.4 mg plus a lifestyle intervention, compared with just a 2.4% reduction in the placebo plus lifestyle intervention group.

Why and how does ethnicity influence risk and management approach for pediatric type 2 diabetes? We talk to childhood obesity specialist Julian Hamilton-Shield.

People with mild-to-moderate obesity who undergo minimally invasive endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in addition to lifestyle intervention achieve greater weight loss and metabolic improvements than those undergoing lifestyle modification alone, show the MERIT trial results.

Study findings published in JAMA Network Open suggest that for people with class 1 obesity, sleeve gastrectomy is associated with greater weight loss and diabetes remission than lifestyle intervention, but the procedure is also linked to increased incidence of substance use disorder and self-harm.

If the A1C is ≥9.0%, then consider dual pharmacologic therapy plus lifestyle management.

The team identified three major themes relating to diabetes distress, namely, lack of control, management burden, and the value of social support.

Lifestyle management: The Standards of Care have been reorganized to highlight the importance of lifestyle management of diabetes.

And DAPA CKD really reinforces that, along with lifestyle therapy, goal directed therapy for blood pressure, glycemia, lipids et cetera, RAS inhibition for people who have hypertension and albuminuria.

Physicians feel that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is sidelined in type 2 diabetes management and should be formally incorporated into routine primary care pathways, say Australian researchers.

The influence metabolic factors have on type 2 diabetes risk falls as people get older, whereas lifestyle factors convey a greater risk with age, show data from a large, prospective cohort in China.

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Discuss stress reduction strategies, such as mindfulness, exercise, improved sleep, and accessing support systems, while reinforcing healthy lifestyle interventions and medication adherence.

I think this is really the breakthrough in weight management that people with overweight and obesity have been waiting for.

The statement includes a treatment algorithm, based on promoting a healthy lifestyle, followed by escalating medication options.

And certainly, in the UK, for example, in the NHS, where the liraglutide has been approved, it's only approved for use within specialist weight management services, where that lifestyle support is being provided.

People with newly detected type 2 diabetes may gain more from a lifestyle intervention if supported by peers who have had the condition for longer, suggest findings from a randomized trial.