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NHS prevention scheme ‘cuts type 2 diabetes risk by a third’
- The NHS said about one million people have started the NHS Healthier You Programme, a clinically proven weight-management and lifestyle change initiative launched in 2016.
- Health officials cite a growing disease burden as estimates project 5.5 million people could have type 2 diabetes by 2030, with NHS England spending 10.7 billion annually.
- A Manchester University review found completing the nine-month programme reduces participants' chance of developing Type 2 diabetes by 37% with personalised face-to-face or digital support.
- A participant example illustrates the programme's effects as John Adams-Fielding, 76-year-old retired lorry driver, fell from 113kg to 76.2kg and lowered blood glucose after joining in June last year and attending in-person group sessions.
- As one of the world's first prevention schemes, Healthier You aims to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes and the NHS says it will continue to develop and roll out such initiatives.
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NHS England » NHS diabetes prevention scheme helps one million people
Nearly one million people in England have started a specialist NHS scheme which can prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes, according to new analysis. The NHS’s Healthier You Programme is a clinically proven weight management and lifestyle change initiative, and was one of the world’s first diabetes prevention schemes when it was launched in 2016. […]
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