Effects of a Diabetes Prevention Program on Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors and Quality of Life Among Latino Youths With Prediabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Latino youths are disproportionately impacted by prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Lifestyle intervention is the first-line approach for preventing or delaying T2D among adults with prediabetes.

Objective

To assess the efficacy of a diabetes prevention program among Latino youths aged 12 to 16 years with prediabetes.

Design, setting, and participants

This 2-group parallel randomized clinical trial with 2:1 randomization assessed a lifestyle intervention against usual care among Latino youths with prediabetes and obesity with 6- and 12-month follow-up. The study was conducted at YMCA facilities in Phoenix, Arizona from May 2016 to March 2020.

Intervention

Participants were randomized to lifestyle intervention (INT) or usual care control (UCC). Th

SUBMITTER: Pena A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9468887 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature