🧵 The Glucose Lowering through Weight Management (GLoW) trial has been published in @DiabetologiaJnl! The study was led by researchers from @MRC_Epid at @Cambridge_Uni, @ScHARRpubhealth at @sheffielduni and @UniversityLeeds. Read - https://buff.ly/3WTkwpu (1/8) - ThreadSky

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mrcepid.bsky.social • 25 days ago

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The Glucose Lowering through Weight Management (GLoW) trial has been published in @DiabetologiaJnl!

The study was led by researchers from @MRC_Epid at @Cambridge_Uni, @ScHARRpubhealth at @sheffielduni and @UniversityLeeds.

Read - https://buff.ly/3WTkwpu

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mrcepid.bsky.social•25 days ago

The aim was to find out if a new programme combining diabetes education with commercial behavioural weight management would help people with a recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes to lower their average blood sugar and lose weight compared to current standard care.

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mrcepid.bsky.social•25 days ago

Previous studies have shown that bariatric surgery, weight loss drugs, and “formula diets” can help people lose a substantial amount of weight but these programmes are expensive and might not be acceptable or suitable for everyone.

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mrcepid.bsky.social•25 days ago

Currently, most people with type 2 diabetes in the UK get a 6-hour diabetes education workshop but there is no evidence that this really helps either with blood sugar or long-term weight loss.

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mrcepid.bsky.social•25 days ago

Findings: The tailored diabetes education and behavioural weight management programme did not improve average blood sugar compared to the standard care diabetes education but it did help people lose more weight and achieve diabetes remission.

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mrcepid.bsky.social•25 days ago

When investigating the impact of the intervention on health and health care costs over a lifetime, it was found that investing in the new programme would be better value for money than standard care.

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mrcepid.bsky.social•25 days ago

👏Congratulations to Chief Investigator @amy_ahern, co-first author @penny_breeze, and all co-authors: Francesco Fusco, Stephen Sharp, Katharine Pidd, @Alan_Brennan, Andrew Hill, Stephen Morris, @CarlyAnnahughe1, Sarah E. Bates ...

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