Cardiovascular Effects of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes

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Authors

The Look AHEAD Research Group · John Brown University

Abstract

An intensive lifestyle intervention focusing on weight loss did not reduce the rate of cardiovascular events in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others; Look AHEAD ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00017953.).

Topics & Keywords

Diet and metabolism studies Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Nutritional Studies and Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 369, Issue 2, pp. 145-154

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1212914

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