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GPs urged to prescribe ‘lifestyle medicine’ to combat type 2 diabetes
A new initiative has been launched which urges GPs to prescribe ‘lifestyle medicine’, such as dietary changes, exercise and stress management, instead of conventional drugs, to combat type 2 diabetes and obesity.
The regime is being launched by leading cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra and has gained the backing from numerous leading health academics and the British Medical Association (BMA).
The scheme is being supported with a new documentary, ‘The Big Fat Fix’, which describes how lifestyle changes such as eating more nuts, olive oil and vegetables and exercising can reduce the need for medication and even reverse the disease.
Dr Pali Hungin, BMA president, welcomed the initiative: “We do seriously need to move away from drugs alone to more selected, positive health habits - these can be extremely effective in improving diabetic control. It is fitting that we should examine this important topic during this epidemic of type 2 diabetes.”
Professor Sir Muir Gray, director of Better Value Healthcare, from the University of Oxford, said: “The documentary emphasises the benefits of exercise not just for weight control but to prevent inflammation which is caused by stress and inactivity and the programme explores the contribution of stress, for so long ignored because of the difficulty in measuring stress.”
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