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Net loss: the method involves cutting intake to 700-800 calories a day. Illustration: Eva Bee/The Observer
Net loss: the method involves cutting intake to 700-800 calories a day. Illustration: Eva Bee/The Observer
It can be debilitating and last a lifetime, but type 2 diabetes, if caught early, can be reversed with weight loss
Sat 15 May 2021 12.00 EDT
Itâs 10 years since Professor Roy Taylor revolutionised treatment for type 2 diabetes with a groundbreaking study that showed the disease could be reversed through rapid weight loss. Until his research was published, type 2 diabetes was thought to be an incurable, lifelong condition. Now, for many people, we know it is not.
Barely a day goes by without type 2 diabetes hitting the headlines. Last week alone there were two major stories about the condition.
A study from French researchers showed that if you develop type 2 in middle age, it doubles your risk of getting dementia by the age of 70.
Another study, which looked at data from 200,000 Britons, found that it takes more than two years on average for patients to be diagnosed with type 2.
We read a lot about the growing type 2 diabetes ‘epidemic’ and its devastating effect on health it’s something I’ve witnessed with growing alarm over my 44-year medical career as a diabetes specialist and research scientist.
Why intermittent fasting is becoming more popular with middle-aged men
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Fasting is becoming a more popular way of keeping weight gain under control - but is it worth it? Photo / Getty Images
Daily Telegraph UK Last week, the takeaway delivery service Deliveroo announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange in an IPO worth up to £8 billion (NZ$15 billion) – proof that not only are we eating more takeaways, but now we can t even be bothered to get off our backsides to go and pick them up.
According to NHS Digital, 63 per cent of adults in England are now overweight or obese, while three per cent fall into the morbidly obese category.
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