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Title: Initial Weight Loss Following Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Doubles Positive Outcomes
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Doctor's Guide
August 12, 2008

PORTLAND, Ore -- August 12, 2008 -- People who lose weight soon after a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes have better control of their blood pressure and blood sugar and are more likely to maintain that control even if they regain their weight, according to a study published online in Diabetes Care.

This is the first clinical study to show that benefits remain even if patients regain their weight. The study followed more than 2,500 adults with type 2 diabetes for 4 years. Those who lost weight within an average of 18 months after diagnosis were up to twice as likely to achieve their blood pressure and blood sugar targets as those who didn't lose weight. Those benefits can prevent diabetes-related heart disease, blindness, nerve and kidney damage, and death.

"Our study shows that early weight loss can reduce the risk factors that so often lead to diabetes complications and death," said lead author, Adrianne Feldstein, MD, MS, Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon. "We've known for a long time that weight loss is an important component in diabetes treatment and prevention. Now it appears there may be a critical window of opportunity following diagnosis in which some lasting gains can be achieved if people are willing to take immediate steps toward lifestyle changes."

SOURCE: Kaiser Permanente

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