Research Question
Should adults (30 to 80 years old) with BMI equal to or >23 and with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes be given a short-term intensive lifestyle counselling approach to improve their fasting and postprandial glycemia, and weight status using a combination of lifestyle (nutrition counselling and exercise) and pharmacological approaches?
Bottom Line
For individuals recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
a combination of intensive lifestyle and pharmacological counselling