CHICAGO, (Reuters) – People on the brink of developing diabetes who get a lot of support and encouragement to diet and exercise can turn things around and avoid the disease, US researchers said on Wednesday.
“Millions of people could delay diabetes for years and possibly prevent the disease altogether if they lost a modest amount of weight through diet and increased physical activity,” said Dr. Griffin Rodgers, director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease.
In the United States, about 11 percent of adults — 24 million people — have diabetes. Most have type 2, the kind linked with a poor diet and lack of exercise.
