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Importance of Weight Management in Type 2 Diabetes: Review with Meta-analysis of Clinical Studies

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (J.W.A.)
Risk Factor Medical Center, St. Michael’s Hospital and Department of Nutrition, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA (C.W.C.K., D.J.A.J.)

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Relative risk for developing diabetes related to obesity. Values with SEM bars for Pima Indians are from Knowler et al. [10] (open bars) and from female nurses are from Colditz et al. [4] (solid bars).

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Effects of weight loss with VLEDs on fasting plasma glucose values for obese persons with type 2 diabetes. Values (with SEM bars) are expressed as percentage of baseline values. Baseline fasting plasma glucose values were 14.0 mmol/L (95% CI, 12.0 to 15.9 mmol/L). Mean values from 10 studies (see text) including 152 subjects.