Article: NIH Launches First Study to Examine Long-Term Effects of Weight Loss and Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes.

Study Is the Largest NIH-Funded Effort on Weight Loss

PHILADELPHIA, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

The first long-term study to look at the effects of weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes was launched at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association today. Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), it is the largest study on the effects of weight-loss interventions ever funded by the NIH.

Named Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes), the multicenter, randomized clinical trial will examine the effects of a lifestyle intervention program in ...

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