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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Genetic risk counseling for diabetes did not significantly change self-reported preventive behaviors or program adherence in overweight patients at risk for developing diabetes, study data suggest.
?Patients and providers have both indicated that learning about higher genetic risk results would likely motivate individuals to change their behavior to prevent diabetes,? the researchers wrote. ?This prediction has not yet been convincingly demonstrated in controlled trials.?
http://www.healio.com/endocrinology...unseling-failed-to-alter-prevention-adherence
?Patients and providers have both indicated that learning about higher genetic risk results would likely motivate individuals to change their behavior to prevent diabetes,? the researchers wrote. ?This prediction has not yet been convincingly demonstrated in controlled trials.?
http://www.healio.com/endocrinology...unseling-failed-to-alter-prevention-adherence