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Article: New Weight Loss Hope for People with Diabetes.(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Obesity & Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- May 4, 2009
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NutriSystem (NASDAQ: NTRI), a leading weight loss program that delivers to your door, announced the launch of new NutriSystem D, a weight loss program designed specifically for the approximately 24 million Americans with diabetes, as well as the 57 million Americans who are at risk for diabetes (see also Obesity).
In a clinical study at Temple University School of Medicine, people with Type 2 diabetes on NutriSystem D lost as much as 16 times more weight while lowering their A1C test scores (a 90-day measure of blood sugar control) by 0.9 greater than those following a hospital-directed diet regimen. This weight loss was also associated with significant ...