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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Heavy people with type 2 diabetes who lose a modest amount of weight and keep it off get many long-term health benefits such as reducing their risk of chronic kidney disease, depression and eye disease, according to the latest findings of a landmark study.
They also have better blood sugar control, improved quality of life and fewer hospitalizations, and they take less medication, thus reducing medical costs.
But the weight loss doesn't lower their risk of having a heart attack or stroke. The study's authors reported that information last fall.
"Weight loss is still important, but the reasons why it is important are different than we thought," says Rena Wing, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University and chairman of the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/24/diabetes-weight-loss-health/2450393/
They also have better blood sugar control, improved quality of life and fewer hospitalizations, and they take less medication, thus reducing medical costs.
But the weight loss doesn't lower their risk of having a heart attack or stroke. The study's authors reported that information last fall.
"Weight loss is still important, but the reasons why it is important are different than we thought," says Rena Wing, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University and chairman of the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/24/diabetes-weight-loss-health/2450393/