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Type 2 diabetes remission: latest evidence for health care professionals
Author(s) -
Taylor Roy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
practical diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.205
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2047-2900
pISSN - 2047-2897
DOI - 10.1002/pdi.2297
Subject(s) - medicine , health professionals , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , simple (philosophy) , body weight , health care , intensive care medicine , nursing , gerontology , pediatrics , endocrinology , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth
The new understanding of type 2 diabetes is essential for health care professionals to appreciate. It is a simple condition of accumulation of more fat than an individual's body can cope with. Losing around 15% of body weight reverses the underlying processes that caused the diabetes provided that the condition has not been present for too many years. If weight regain is avoided, long‐term remission is possible. This is good news for people with type 2 diabetes. Copyright © 2020 John Wiley & Sons.