A peer-support lifestyle intervention for preventing type 2 diabetes in India: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program.

<h4>Background</h4>The major efficacy trials on diabetes prevention have used resource-intensive approaches to identify high-risk individuals and deliver lifestyle interventions. Such strategies are not feasible for wider implementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aim...

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Main Authors: Kavumpurathu R Thankappan, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Robyn J Tapp, Jonathan E Shaw, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Rory Wolfe, Pilvikki Absetz, Elezebeth Mathews, Zahra Aziz, Emily D Williams, Edwin B Fisher, Paul Z Zimmet, Ajay Mahal, Sajitha Balachandran, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Priyanka Sajeev, Emma Thomas, Brian Oldenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002575