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Article: Short Diet Plus Modest Lifestyle Changes Improve Glucose Tolerance.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- September 8, 2001
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2001 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Obese African Americans with impaired glucose tolerance can benefit from a short period of dieting, particularly if it is followed by long-term modest lifestyle interventions, according to a new report in Obesity Research.
"Previous studies have demonstrated the benefit of short-term diets on glucose tolerance in obese individuals," reported S.B. Racette and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of modest lifestyle changes in maintaining improvements in glucose tolerance induced by ...