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Chinese researchers from the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, investigated the long-term health benefits of delaying diabetes onset in people with prediabetes.
By analyzing data from a six-year trial that started in 1986, they found that those who stayed non-diabetic for at least four years had a 26% lower risk of death.
This group also had a significantly lower risk of heart attack, stroke, or heart failure compared to those who developed diabetes sooner.
The study, published in the journal Plos Medicine, suggests that lifestyle changes like diet and exercise can effectively delay diabetes onset and improve long-term health.
While longer delays offer more benefits, even a few years of maintaining prediabetic status can positively impact future health.
The researchers recommend implementing interventions for people with prediabetes to prevent diabetes and related complications
