Dietary and physical activity recommendations to prevent type 2 diabetes in South Asian adults: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Intervention trials and guidelines for the prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in populations of South Asian origin often include strategies to improve diet and physical activity that are based on those developed for other populations. These may be suboptimal for the South Asian target populations. We aimed to provide an overview of included recommended dietary and physical activity components, and to identify whether these were supported by evidence of their effectiveness. Databases were searched until September 2017 for intervention studies and guidelines with an adult South Asian population without T2D. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO, registration number: CRD42015207067. The quality of included studies and guidelines was assessed. Dietary and physical activity components, and e

SUBMITTER: Muilwijk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6047810 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature