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Giant UK programme to lower people’s blood-sugar levels really works

One of the world’s biggest campaigns to prevent diabetes through behaviour change holds promise for public-health gains.
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A nationwide programme to prevent diabetes in England lowers blood sugar levels and promotes weight loss among the people referred to it, according to an analysis of more than two million health records1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03524-2

Read the related News & Views, ‘Diabetes prevention programme put to the test’.

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  1. Lemp, J. M. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06756-4 (2023).

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