Prediabetes remission for type 2 diabetes prevention: Researchers advocate normalization of blood sugar regulation

July 24, 2024 Medical Xpress.com

Current medical guidelines recommend that people in a preliminary stage of type 2 diabetes lose at least 7% of their body weight in order to prevent manifest diabetes. In an article in Nature Reviews Endocrinology, diabetes experts Prof. Andreas Birkenfeld and Prof. Viswanathan Mohan advocate glycemic remission (normalization of blood sugar regulation) as a prevention goal for people with prediabetes or a high risk of type 2 diabetes. The article’s claim is supported by numerous international scientists as well as by the DZD’s Prevention Academy.

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