Achieving normal BMI may lower type 1 diabetes risk for people with early-stage disease

People who test positive for type 1 diabetes autoantibodies and have overweight or obesity may lower their risk for stage 3 type 1 diabetes if they reduce their BMI to normal range, according to data published in Diabetes Care. “Among individuals with islet autoantibodies who had overweight or obesity, those whose BMI subsequently returned to the healthy range had an approximately 48% lower risk