Type 2 diabetes remission likely for adults with ‘healthy’ BMI and 10% weight loss

Adults with type 2 diabetes and a BMI of 21 kg/m² to 27 kg/m² have high likelihood of diabetes remission if they lose 10% of their starting weight, researchers reported.

“Type 2 diabetes is often considered to be ‘caused’ by a higher body mass index, and certainly there is a strong link between increasing weight, increasing BMI and the incidence of type 2 diabetes,” Alison C. Barnes, RD, lead research associate and dietitian at the Human Nutrition Research Centre at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., said during a presentation at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting. Read more from Healio.