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Preventing The Progression Of Prediabetes To Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Through Increasing Physical Activity And Healthy Diet, Peyton Hannon, Hayley Blackburn, Ella Kinsinger, Rachel Meeker
Preventing The Progression Of Prediabetes To Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Through Increasing Physical Activity And Healthy Diet, Peyton Hannon, Hayley Blackburn, Ella Kinsinger, Rachel Meeker
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Background: Health care professionals have started to diagnose patients as prediabetic in efforts to monitor and intervene in the disease process of diabetes before the person reaches the complete diagnosis of diabetes. Specific interventions such as, physical activity and diet, are considered to be major contributing factors in reducing the progression of diabetes and potentially reversing the process of this disease.
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the effectiveness of diet modification versus increased physical activity during the prediabetic phase in reducing the progression to Type 2 diabetes.
Methods: A literature review was conducted using sources written …