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Cole Mercer

The Claim That Weight Loss Does Not Prevent Diabetes Is Circulating Again, and the Study Behind It Is Narrower Than That

A headline now moving through health feeds says weight loss may not prevent type 2 diabetes. For anyone who has been told to lose weight to avoid diabetes, that reads as permission to stop trying.

It should not. The study behind the headline found something considerably narrower; it was published months ago, and every major prevention guideline still recommends what it recommended before.

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