Lifestyle changes, meds effective to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes; no change in CVD

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Lifestyle changes, meds effective to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes; no change in CVD

A lifestyle intervention program of increased physical activity, healthy eating and aiming for weight loss of 7% or more, or taking the medication metformin were effective long-term to delay or prevent Type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes. Neither approach, however, reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease for study participants over 21 years of the study, according to the findings of the multicenter Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

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