On Friday, October 19, 2012, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that
the lifestyle “intervention was stopped early in NIH-funded study of weight loss in
overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes after finding no harm, but no cardiovascular
benefits.” The primary study question of the long-term Look AHEAD (Action for Health
in Diabetes) Study had been answered. An intensive lifestyle intervention program
aimed at a 10% weight loss and 175 minutes of physical activity per week did not reduce
cardiovascular events (defined as heart attack, stroke, hospitalization for angina,
or death) in people with type 2 diabetes compared with a program of diabetes support
and education.
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A review of the primary study results, along with careful consideration of the previously
published data, can put the study's results in perspective and go beyond the headlines.National Institutes of Health. Weight loss does not lower heart diseases risk from type 2 diabetes (press release). October 19, 2012. http://www.gov/news/health/oct2012/niddk-19.htm Accessed December 28, 2012.
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Biography
L. M. Delahanty is chief dietitian and director of nutrition and behavioral research, Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center, Boston, MA; and instructor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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Published online: March 18, 2014
Accepted:
January 7,
2014
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