Abstract The US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that primary care
clinicians screen all adults for obesity and provide those affected intensive multicomponent …

Globally, the number of people with diabetes mellitus has quadrupled in the past three
decades, and diabetes mellitus is the ninth major cause of death. About 1 in 11 adults …

Background Type 2 diabetes is affecting people at an increasingly younger age, particularly
in the Middle East and in north Africa. We aimed to assess whether an intensive lifestyle …

Objective The obesity epidemic is a public health concern, warranting further research into
pharmacological treatments for weight management (WM) as an adjunct to lifestyle …

Summary Background Findings from the Look AHEAD trial showed no significant reductions
in the primary outcome of cardiovascular disease incidence in adults with type 2 diabetes …

Cardiovascular disease risk factor control as primary prevention in patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus has changed substantially in the past few years. The purpose of this …

Preamble and Transition to ACC/AHA Guidelines to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk the goals
of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American heart Association (AhA) are …

Background Weight loss is recommended for overweight or obese patients with type 2
diabetes on the basis of short-term studies, but long-term effects on cardiovascular disease …

Background Changing diet and physical activity behaviour is one of the cornerstones of type
2 diabetes treatment, but changing behaviour is challenging. The objective of this study was …

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that successful treatment of
overweight and obesity in adults requires adoption and maintenance of lifestyle behaviors …