Review: lifestyle education programmes lower glucose concentrations and reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes
Q Do lifestyle education programmes lower plasma glucose concentrations and reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes in adults at high risk?
METHODS
Data sources:
Medline and Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC) (1966 to November 2004).
Study selection and assessment:
English language randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared a lifestyle education programme (diet with or without exercise interventions) with conventional education (usual exercise with or without general information about healthy food choices) in adults at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, or borderline glucose concentrations), and reported outcomes after …
