{"id":1255,"date":"2014-01-03T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T10:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2014-01-03T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T10:50:53","slug":"small-lifestyle-changes-lower-type-2-diabetes-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/small-lifestyle-changes-lower-type-2-diabetes-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Small lifestyle changes &#8216;lower type 2 diabetes risk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Diabetes-tester.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1256\" alt=\"Diabetes tester\" src=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Diabetes-tester-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The BBC Health website report that a modest lifestyle changes in diet and activity by South Asian families improve their chance of losing weight to lower their risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study. \u00a0Making moderate improvements could help to improve their health and wellbeing, an Edinburgh clinical trial has found. \u00a0The Edinburgh University study was carried out in their homes as opposed to hospital clinics. \u00a0It is the first of its kind in the UK to focus on South Asian cultures.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Patients lost weight and reduced their hip and waist measurements and there were indications they were less likely to become diabetic by the end of the trial, which focused on people of Indian and Pakistani-origin. \u00a0Researchers said ethnic background and culture played an important role in shaping attitudes and behaviours towards diet and exercise.<\/p>\n<p>National guidelines show South Asian people place strong emphasis on family life and eating together. \u00a0\u00a0From a young age, South Asians are said to be sensitive or at risk of health problems linked to obesity. \u00a0\u00a0Men from Pakistani and Indian communities are three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than the general population, despite having similar body mass indexes, scientists said.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year trial monitored 171 people of Indian and Pakistani background living in Scotland who were already at high risk of diabetes as shown by blood tests done at the start of the trial. \u00a0Participants were given detailed advice by dieticians and offered culturally-appropriate resources to help them manage their weight through diet and exercise. \u00a0\u00a0At the same time, control groups were given basic advice, which was not culturally specific.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Raj Bhopal, from Edinburgh University&#8217;s centre for population health sciences, said: &#8220;These differing approaches show us that a more family-centred strategy, with culturally tailored lifestyle advice, can produce significant benefits to people&#8217;s health through weight loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The trial is published in the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology and you can read more on the BBC Health website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC Health website report that a modest lifestyle changes in diet and activity by South Asian families improve their chance of losing weight to lower their risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study. \u00a0Making moderate improvements could help to improve their health and wellbeing, an Edinburgh clinical trial has found. \u00a0The Edinburgh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,13,9],"tags":[445,38,208,446,447,331,448,449],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-50-plus-first-aid","category-first-aid","category-first-aid-at-work","category-protrainings-eu","tag-445","tag-changes","tag-diabetes","tag-lifestyle","tag-lower","tag-risk","tag-small","tag-type"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Small lifestyle changes &#039;lower type 2 diabetes risk&#039; 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