Remission of recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus with weight loss and exercise.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the rate of remission of recently diagnosed (<1 year) type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in overweight/obese individuals, with a 6-month program of weight loss and exercise.

Methods

Subjects (N = 12) were overweight/obese (body mass index = 35.8 ± 4.3 kg/m), sedentary, and unfit ((Equation is included in full-text article.)O2peak = 20.7 ± 4.7 mL·kg·min) and recently (<1 year) diagnosed with T2DM. They were willing to participate in a lifestyle program of behavioral weight loss counseling and supervised exercise located at a cardiac rehabilitation program prior to consideration of diabetes medications. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level before and after the study intervention was the primary study outcome, along with secondary metabolic, fitness, and body com

SUBMITTER: Ades PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409919 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature