NIH study finds interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes give good return on investment

Not even close.

Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Prevention programs that apply interventions tested in the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) clinical trial would also improve quality of life for people who would otherwise develop type 2 diabetes. The analysis of costs and outcomes in the DPP and its follow-up study is published in the April 2012 issue of Diabetes Care and online March 22 at http://diabetes.org/diabetescare.

The DPP showed that lifestyle changes (reduced fat and calories in the diet and increased physical activity) leading to modest weight loss reduced the rate of type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults by 58 percent, compared with placebo.

As if the fatsos could reduce fat and Calorie intake, in real life.

But, hey. If it is intervention they want then it is intervention that they should pay for out of pocket.

If not, see if they can get a loan from the Grim Reaper.

Otherwise, adios fatsos.