Role of weight loss-induced prediabetes remission in the prevention of type 2 diabetes: time to improve diabetes prevention

Diabetologia. 2024 Aug;67(8):1714-1718. doi: 10.1007/s00125-024-06178-5. Epub 2024 May 23.

Reiner Jumpertz von Schwartzenberg^#^{1

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3}, Elsa Vazquez Arreola^#⁴, Arvid Sandforth^{1

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3}, Robert L Hanson⁴, Andreas L Birkenfeld^{5

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¹ German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
³ Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Center Munich, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
⁴ Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁵ German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany. andreas.birkenfeld@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. andreas.birkenfeld@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
⁷ Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Center Munich, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. andreas.birkenfeld@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
⁸ Department of Diabetes, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, King's College London, London, UK. andreas.birkenfeld@med.uni-tuebingen.de.

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: DPP; Diabetes; Prediabetes; Prevention; Remission; Type 2 diabetes; Weight loss.

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