📢We are pleased to announce the publication of our Glucose Lowering through Weight Management (GLoW) trial in @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social, led by @amyahern.bsky.social and other researchers from @mrcepid.bsky.social, @sheffielduni.bsky.social & @universityofleeds.bsky.social🔗http://bit.ly/3Qaf51w 🧵 - ThreadSky

julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social • 30 days ago

📢We are pleased to announce the publication of our Glucose Lowering through Weight Management (GLoW) trial in @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social, led by @amyahern.bsky.social and other researchers from @mrcepid.bsky.social, @sheffielduni.bsky.social & @universityofleeds.bsky.social🔗http://bit.ly/3Qaf51w 🧵

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jackmbirch.bsky.social•30 days ago

Congrats on getting this out there!

julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social•30 days ago

There is strong evidence that commercially available behavioural weight management programmes are cost-effective and have sustained impacts on weight for people with overweight or obesity, but evidence for these programmes in type 2 diabetes is limited.

julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social•30 days ago

The aim of our study was to find out if a new intervention 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.

julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social•30 days ago

Participants (577 adults living with overweight or obesity and recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes) were assigned to either the new intervention combining personalised diabetes education with commercial weight management (Weight Watchers) or to a standard care diabetes education workshop

julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social•30 days ago

Findings: The intervention did not improve average blood glucose (HbA1c) compared to standard care diabetes education, but it did help people lose more weight and achieve diabetes remission.

julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social•30 days ago

💰💵The intervention was more expensive than standard care, but when we projected the long-term impact on health and healthcare costs, the results suggested that investing in this type of intervention could offer better value for money over a lifetime.

julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social•30 days ago

TAKE HOME: Commercial behavioural weight management plus tailored diabetes education may lead to additional weight loss compared to current standard care and is likely to be cost-effective in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes...

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