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Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Professor, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Tübingen

Prediabetes remission possible without dropping pounds, our new study finds

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There’s a long-held belief in diabetes prevention that weight loss is the main way to lower disease risk. Our new study challenges this.

For decades, people diagnosed with prediabetes – a condition affecting up to one in three adults depending on age – have been told the same thing by their doctors: eat healthily and lose weight to avoid developing diabetes.

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