Eating a nutritious diet, losing weight, and becoming more physically active can significantly reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, lifestyle changes do not appear to offer the same level of protection to everyone.
Researchers report that people assigned to Tübingen's type 2 diabetes risk cluster 5 continued to experience rising blood sugar, a sharp decline in insulin production, and a consistently elevated risk of developing diabetes. These unfavorable changes occurred even among people who lost a substantial amount of weight and maintained that loss for years.
The findings come from scientists at the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the University Hospital Tübingen and Helmholtz Munich. The results were published in the scientific journal Diabetes.
Six Distinct Type 2 Diabetes Risk Groups
Several years ago, DZD researchers separated people at risk of type 2 diabetes into six clearly defined clusters. These groups differ considerably in how often diabetes develops and how diabetes related complications progress.
