TDMR Europe webinar “Diabetes Remission: Maintenance after weight loss with total diet replacement”

Описание: On 12th April, Total Diet & Meal Replacements Europe (TDMR Europe) held its latest event titled “Diabetes Remission: Maintenance after weight loss with total diet replacement”.

We heard from experts in the field on the latest evidence on Total Diet Replacements’ (TDR) effectiveness in supporting diabetes remission and the facilitation of weight maintenance.

• Mike Lean, University of Glasgow, Scotland
• Gary Frost, Imperial College London, England
• Elena Philippou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Anthony Leeds, Chair of Total Diet & Meal Replacements Europe (TDMR Europe), Parker Institute, Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark


Why is this topic important today?
European countries face levels of obesity and diabetes that will overwhelm capacity for healthcare provision. All European countries are in urgent need of effective programmes for diabetes prevention, diabetes remission and obesity prevention and reduction.

Weight loss has been recognised as the key component for diabetes prevention and key to effective diabetes remission. A recent review by Churuangsuk C et al. concluded that the best way to achieve the initial weight loss was with total diet replacement, but much needs to be learned about effective weight loss. Dietary glycaemic index has been an important part of dietary management of diabetes for some time and recent evidence from the EU funded PREVIEW trial by Zhu R et al (2021) indicates that a low glycaemic index (GI)/low glycemic (GL) diet facilitated maintenance of weight loss and lower blood glucose. Clinical and public health guidelines are in the process of being reviewed.