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A systematic review of lifestyle modification and glucose intolerance in the prevention of type 2 diabetes.
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PMID:  20879973     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions. High risk groups, such as those older individuals or with glucose intolerance have been shown to exhibit a high risk of developing diabetes. We aimed to systematically identify and evaluate those studies that have investigated the impact of lifestyle interventions on the prevention of the development of incident Type 2 diabetes in those with glucose intolerance. Non-pharmacological lifestyle interventions, including manipulation of dietary intakes and physical activity levels are the main approaches taken to reduce the onset of diabetes in high risk groups, such as those with glucose intolerance. Intensive use of each of these lifestyle interventions have been shown to halve the risk of incident diabetes, although less intensive interventions appear to be less effective. Lifestyle modification is a useful weapon in the armoury of preventing the onset of diabetes, which is essential to reduce the associated increased risk of morbidity and mortality that might otherwise overwhelm health care systems in both developed and developing countries.
Authors:
G Neil Thomas; Chao Q Jiang; Shahrad Taheri; Zheng H Xiao; Brian Tomlinson; Bernard M Y Cheung; Tai H Lam; Anthony H Barnett; Kar K Cheng
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current diabetes reviews     Volume:  6     ISSN:  1875-6417     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr Diabetes Rev     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-15     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101253260     Medline TA:  Curr Diabetes Rev     Country:  United Arab Emirates    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  378-87     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Public Health, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. gneilthomas@yahoo.co.uk
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