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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Diabetes Management: Intensive Lifestyle Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: October 2016

Workgroups: Diabetes Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends intensive lifestyle interventions for people with type 2 diabetes to improve their blood sugar control and reduce their cardiovascular disease risk factors. Over at least 6 months, these interventions offer counseling, coaching, or individualized guidance to improve people’s diet, physical activity level, or both.

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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the proportion of adults with diabetes who have an A1c value above 9 percent — D‑03
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of people with diabetes who get formal diabetes education — D‑06
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2016). Diabetes Management: Intensive Lifestyle Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/diabetes-intensive-lifestyle-interventions-patients-type-2-diabetes