More than 500 million people worldwide have diabetes and the number is predicted to rise in the future. A programme that provides recommendations on exercise and nutrition, as well as supporting the implementation of these measures, can prevent type 2 diabetes. This has been shown by an international team of researchers led by University Hospital Heidelberg with the participation of the Universities of Göttingen, Stanford and Birmingham. In this study, the researchers investigated the success of a diabetes prevention programme in England, which has already been incorporated into everyday clinical practice across the country. ...
