Overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes had a lower incidence of physical disability after participating in an intensive lifestyle intervention for 10 years, compared with those in the diabetes support and education group, according to a study in Diabetes Care. Researchers used a cohort of 5,145 patients, ages 45 to 76, and found that intensive lifestyle intervention also resulted in an increased number of nondisabled years and a significant delay in moderate or severe onset of disability.
