Body fat reduction key to avoiding heart failure in T2DM: study
It’s not enough to simply tell patients to ‘lose weight’, say researchers who have homed in on the importance of body composition
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Lifestyle interventions that reduce body fat and waist size rather than muscle mass in patients with type 2 diabetes who are obese or overweight can cut HF risk, a study shows.
The findings, published in Circulation, suggest that not all weight loss is equal when it comes to reducing CVD risk in this patient cohort, the US researchers say.