Type 2 Diabetes: Getting real about Body Mass Index

Type 2 Diabetes: Getting real about Body Mass Index

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This video-on-demand learning module will discuss the evidence on the development of diabetes in patients with low BMI, the Personal Fat threshold hypothesis, the evidence from the ReTUNE study and weight loss as major management interventions in diabetes.

Learning outcomes

  1. Understand the latest evidence on the development of diabetes in patients with low BMI.
  2. Understand the Personal Fat Threshold hypothesis on the development of diabetes in patients with low BMI.
  3. Understand the evidence from the ReTUNE study on the effect of weight loss on patients with diabetes and low BMI.
  4. Understand the current recommendations on weight loss as a major intervention in diabetes.

Topic covered: Assessment, diagnosis, and management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with low BMI, the Personal Fat Threshold hypothesis, ReTUNE Trial

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