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Is weight loss the future of type 2 diabetes treatment?
Author(s) -
Dowden Angela
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1672
Subject(s) - medicine , type 2 diabetes , weight loss , diabetes mellitus , intensive care medicine , clinical trial , surgery , pediatrics , obesity , endocrinology
Achieving remission from type 2 diabetes was once only thought to be realistic for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. But this view is changing with early publication of results from the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) based in Scotland and Tyneside, which has found success through a strict low‐calorie diet. This article discusses the implications of the study for the future of diabetes treatment.