A pragmatic lifestyle modification programme reduces the incidence of predictors of cardio-metabolic disease and dysglycaemia in a young healthy urban South Asian population: a randomised controlled trial

A pragmatic lifestyle modification programme reduces the incidence of predictors of cardio-metabolic disease and dysglycaemia in a young healthy urban South Asian population: a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background There is an increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in young urban South-Asians. We tested the effect of a pragmatic trimonthly lifestyle modification (LSM) programme (P-LSM) versus a less-intensive 12-monthly control LSM (C-LSM) intervention on a primary composit...

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Main Authors: Mahen Wijesuriya, Nikolaos Fountoulakis, Nicola Guess, Sarath Banneheka, Laksha Vasantharajah, Martin Gulliford, Giancarlo Viberti, Luigi Gnudi, Janaka Karalliedde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Lifestyle modification
Diabetes prevention
South Asian
Cardio-metabolic disease
Younger participants
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0905-6

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