Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Diabetes Risk

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Overview

Type 2 diabetes is more frequent in Japanese Americans than in Japan or the U.S. non-Hispanic white population. This appears to be due to the effects of ''westernization'' to bring out metabolic changes that lead to diabetes. This study will look at whether increased physical activity and dietary changes will reduce or prevent the metabolic changes that lead to type 2 diabetes in Japanese Americans who have impaired glucose tolerance, a condition intermediate between normal glucose tolerance and diabetes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Conditions

Glucose Intolerance Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

exercise and dietBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Japanese American * Confirmed impaired glucose tolerance * Able to fill out questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: * Significant exercise-restricting disease * Poorly controlled hypertension * Psychiatric disease or dementia * Already on unusually restrictive diet * Use of hypolipidemic drugs * Use of tobacco * Abnormal blood screening tests * ECG evidence of ischemic heart disease at rest * Abnormal maximal Bruce treadmill test

Locations (1)

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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