Background A randomized control trial was performed to test whether a lifestyle intervention
program, carried out in a primary healthcare setting using existing resources, can reduce the …

OBJECTIVE To investigate 1-year outcomes of a national diabetes prevention program in
Finland. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Altogether 10,149 individuals at high risk for …

Background Previous studies demonstrated that intensive lifestyle modification can prevent
type 2 diabetes mellitus among those with impaired glucose tolerance, but similar beneficial …

Objectives: Lifestyle interventions have been shown to effectively reduce the incidence of
diabetes, but evidence from middle-income countries is scarce. We evaluated the …

Abstract Aims The Finnish National Diabetes Prevention Program (FIN-D2D) was the first
large-scale diabetes prevention program in a primary health care setting in the world. The …

OBJECTIVE—Intensive lifestyle intervention significantly reduced diabetes incidence among
the participants in the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study. We investigated whether and to …

Diabet. Med. 27, 459–465 (2010) Abstract Aims To report our experience of implementing
the first community‐based lifestyle intervention programme to detect high‐risk individuals …

Diabet. Med. 29, e223–e231 (2012) Abstract Aims To determine the effectiveness of a 2.5‐
year lifestyle intervention for Type 2 diabetes prevention in Dutch general practice compared …

Prevention of type 2 diabetes by intensive lifestyle intervention designed to achieve and
maintain ideal body weight was assessed in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) …

Background Diabetes prevalence is increasing. The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study
(DPS) showed a 58% reduction in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) incidence in adults with impaired …