Diabetes Remission

Use of a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2, or SGLT2, inhibitor combined with calorie restriction resulted in greater rates of type 2 diabetes remission compared with calorie restriction alone, according to results of a randomized study published in BMJ.

Testosterone replacement therapy alone did not lower risk for progression from prediabetes to diabetes or increase the likelihood of type 2 diabetes remission among men with hypogonadism, according to study data.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity who underwent bariatric surgery were more likely to achieve diabetes remission at 7 years than those treated with medication or lifestyle intervention, according to study findings published in JAMA.

Most adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity who undergo gastric bypass achieve continued diabetes remission, even after weight regain, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The risk for developing chronic kidney disease or cardiovascular disease is much lower among adults who achieve type 2 diabetes remission compared with those who do not, according to a post hoc analysis of the Look AHEAD trial.

Adults who achieve type 2 diabetes remission are less likely to develop chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease, according to study findings published in Diabetologia.

Adults who lose any amount of weight 1 year after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are more likely to achieve diabetes remission than those who gain weight, according to study data published in PLOS Medicine.

DALLAS —Behavioral weight management combined with diabetes education is linked to greater weight loss and a higher likelihood for diabetes remission for adults with new-onset type 2 diabetes, according to two speakers at ObesityWeek.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Richard Pratley, MD, discusses diabetes remission and the need for more information and clinical trials to understand the impact of remission on long-term outcomes.

An intervention based on a plant-predominant diet and education helped patients with type 2 diabetes achieve remission, a study published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine showed.