For people with abnormally high blood sugar levels, losing weight is often proposed as the primary approach to preventing full-blown diabetes from developing.

A new study challenges this approach by evaluating the efficiencies of other methods to bring levels back to safer levels.

The international team of researchers behind the study found that the risk of type 2 diabetes could be cut by as much as 71 percent by following dietary and exercise guidelines, even if participants lost little to no weight.

While these findings don't dismiss the importance of losing weight in reducing diabetes risk , they could prompt a rethink on which outcomes to prioritize in strategies to treat prediabetes.

"Restoring a normal fasting blood sugar level is the most important goal in preventing typ

See Full Page