Losing weight following diagnosis of type 2 diabetes boosts chance of remission. (31st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cook, Rob; Davidson, Peter; Martin, Rosie
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 368(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-01-31
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l6775
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

The study: Dambha-Miller H, Day AJ, Strelitz J, et al. Behaviour change, weight loss and remission of Type 2 diabetes: a community-based prospective cohort study. Diabet Med 2019. doi:10.1111/dme.14122 . This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 08/116/300) as well as the Wellcome Trust (grant number: G061895), the Epidemiology Unit programme (MC_UU_12015/4), and the National Health Service R&D support funding. To read the full NIHR Signal, go to: https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000841/weight-loss-after-type-2-diabetes-diagnosis-boosts-chance-of-remission