Communications Medicine (Mar 2024)

Low-calorie diets for people with isolated impaired fasting glucose

  • Sathish Thirunavukkarasu,
  • Roy Taylor,
  • Kamlesh Khunti,
  • Robyn J. Tapp,
  • Anne Raben,
  • Ruixin Zhu,
  • Nitin Kapoor,
  • K M Venkat Narayan,
  • Mohammed K. Ali,
  • Jonathan E. Shaw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00466-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Standard lifestyle interventions prove ineffective in preventing type 2 diabetes among individuals with isolated impaired fasting glucose, a highly prevalent prediabetes phenotype globally. Here, we propose low-calorie diets as a promising strategy for diabetes prevention in this high-risk population.