Successful, cost effective interventions for improvement of lifestyle, prevention of weight gain and ultimately reduction of diabetes risk: a successful exemplar — ASN Events

Successful, cost effective interventions for improvement of lifestyle, prevention of weight gain and ultimately reduction of diabetes risk: a successful exemplar (#159)

Helena Teede 1 2
  1. Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University , Clayton, VIC, Australia
  2. Monash Health/Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia

With the onslaught of energy dense dietary intake, sedentary lifestyle, increasing BMIs and related complications including diabetes, there is a clear priority and policy environment to optimise lifestyle and prevent these major public health issues. As with all successful public health advances, we will need a multifaceted, persistent, progressive program to address lifestyle, obesity and diabetes prevention. In this update, a broader public health context will be set and a review of recent initiatives and trials in this area summarised.

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