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> Weight loss of 15kg or more was achieved by 24% of the intervention group compared to none of the usual care group. > Diabetes remission occurred in 46% of t
by spodek 9y ago
> Weight loss of 15kg or more was achieved by 24% of the intervention group compared to none of the usual care group.
> Diabetes remission occurred in 46% of the intervention group compared to 4% of the usual care group. It only occurred in people who had lost weight.
Unless the people with type 2 diabetes were fit and going underweight for the experiment, instead of implying overweightness is normal, could we say that a high calorie diet can maintain or accelerate diabetes?
This rephrasing suggests prevention.
- hawkice 9y agoFair, but I think there's something to the opposite tone. A lot of people know that if you're healthy, you can generally avoid type 2 diabetes. Saying it basically 1:1's with weight issues is... important. Prevention is important, but there's this idea weight loss is impossible, or keeping weight off is impossible, and boy howdy that isn't true.
- vevoo 9y ago>could we say that a high calorie diet can maintain or accelerate diabetes. Yes we can say that. But we can say the same about an isocaloric diet and a negative balance diet of 5 or 10% deficit. It is better said as the paper did.