Weight loss and control of blood sugar can reduce the risk of complications in patients with diabetes but this is difficult for many to achieve.
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Lifestyle interventions such as weight loss and exercise reduce risk of death from cardiovascular diseases in people at risk of diabetes
Many research studies have shown that lifestyle interventions, such as exercise programmes or weight loss, in people with impaired glucose tolerance (those at high risk of diabetes) can prevent progression to overt type 2 diabetes.
Weight loss surgery treats type 2 diabetes in obese patients
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at a scientific meeting shows that bariatric weight loss surgery is an effective and lasting treatment for type 2 diabetes in obese patients when compared with medical therapy.