Experts from the USA, Australia, Brazil, Ireland and Britain announced a new strategy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). The article was published in The Lancet.
The experts called weight loss the basis of the method. And we are talking about a decrease in human weight by 15 percent or more. Scientists believe that this allows not only to slow down the development of the disease, but also to reduce the risks of complications, and in some cases to reverse the disease.
– This approach has additional benefits. In particular, it is aimed not only at lowering blood sugar levels, but also at other complications such as obesity of the liver, osteoarthritis, high blood pressure …, which will significantly improve the quality of life and overall health of a person. …
Diabetes mellitus is in 8.3% of the world's inhabitants. This is 425 million people in the world. About 4.5 million reported cases are in Russia. However, experts clarify: the real number of cases is much higher, since many simply do not know that they have diabetes.
