Currently, weight loss is regarded as the most effective way to prevent the progression of diabetes in patients with prediabetes but researchers examined whether
a targeted dietary intervention could have additional impact for patients alongside a weight loss programme.
Not exact matches
Dr Joyce added «the findings may be used as a basis for the future selection of probiotics or
dietary interventions which
target this mechanism to regulate weight gain or high cholesterol.
«If that's true in humans too, that means there are potentially different
targets for us to go after in the future with
dietary or drug
interventions to help with sleepiness or wakefulness,» he says.
Second, it is more difficult to reduce excessive weight in adolescents and adults once it becomes established; therefore, it may be helpful to initiate obesity prevention
interventions during early childhood.16 There is a growing consensus that the appropriate period to
target obesity prevention
interventions is the early years in a child's life.17 The aim of the present review was, therefore, to examine the evidence for environmental influences on
dietary determinants of obesity, focusing on younger children (birth to 8 years).