Rebecca Neal

May 20, 2024 | physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Anthony I Shepherd |Thomas James |Harry Mayes |Rebecca Neal

Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), characterised by progressive insulin resistance and chronic hyperglycaemia (Prospective, 1995), causes multiple comorbidities, shortens life, and is expected to affect 700 million people by 2045 (Saeedi et al., 2019). Weight loss, achieved through exercise and dietary modification, reduces hyperglycaemia (Golay et al., 1985), and thereby cardiovascular disease risk and microvascular complications, in people with T2DM (Stratton et al., 2000).