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Diabetes risk could be reduced by a quarter by eating fruits and vegetables

People who use mainly plant based diets were 23% less prone to develop diabetes

22-Jul-2019

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3.5m people have cut out animal products for environmental, health and ethical reasons.

549,000 people have Type 2 diabetes but are not aware of it.

Higher adherence to healthy plant-based foods was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

Findings got published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Education of new generations of global health leaders

JAMA Internal Medicine

General internal medical and internal medicine subspecialities journal

Qi Sun

Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Diabetes, Diet