Intensive lifestyle intervention is particularly advantageous in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

Background And Aims: It is unknown whether lifestyle change is effective in people with type 2 diabetes with inadequate glucose control. The aim of this study was to asses, in a group of people with type 2 diabetes, the impact of baseline values of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) on the effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention on metabolic, clinical and strength parameters.

Methods And Results: 222 people with type 2 diabetes with mean ± standard deviation baseline HBA1c of 7.

Description of the EUROBIS program: a combination of an Epode community-based and a clinical care intervention to improve the lifestyles of children and adolescents with overweight or obesity.

The present paper describes the Epode Umbria Region Obesity Prevention Study (EUROBIS) and aims to implement the C.U.R.

Mutual interactions between depression/quality of life and adherence to a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention in obesity.

Context: There is scarce knowledge of the interaction between depression/health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and lifestyle intervention in obesity.

Objective: The aim of the study was to establish whether baseline mood status or HRQOL affects attendance to educational or exercise sessions and whether attendance to these two components of the intervention affects mood and/or HRQOL in obesity.

Design: A total of 282 overweight/obese subjects (body mass index, 33.

Multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention in the obese: its impact on patients' perception of the disease, food and physical exercise.

Background And Aims: To be successful, lifestyle intervention in obesity must take into account patients' views. The aim of the present study, conducted using a narrative-autobiographical approach, was to report on the perception of disease, food and physical exercise in a group of 80 obese patients during a structured multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention.

Methods And Results: Patients underwent lifestyle intervention, of three months' duration, structured in the following steps: 1) an initial medical examination; 2) an interview by a psychologist; 3) an assessment by a dietician, 4) a physical examination by a specialist in sports medicine; 5) an individualized program consisting of 24 sessions (two per week) of structured indoor exercise 6) eight sessions of group therapeutic education; 7) Nordic walking activity combined with walking excursions during weekends.

An innovative model for changing the lifestyles of persons with obesity and/or Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aim: To describe the multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention model used in an experimental CURIAMO (Centro Universitario Ricerca Interdipartimentale Attività Motoria) project designed to validate the short- and long-term efficacy of the model in obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: Over a 3-yr period, about 1000 adults (70% diabetes-free and overweight or obese; 30% with Type 2 diabetes and overweight or obese).

Inclusion Criteria: Age range 18-80 yr, body mass index >27 kg/m2 with or without Type 2 diabetes mellitus; participants will be divided into three age groups (18-45, 45-65, 65-80 yr).