Effect of an intensive metabolic control lifestyle intervention in type-2 diabetes patients.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive lifestyle intervention on metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: 199 patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with lack of metabolic control and overweight/obesity, were randomly assigned to intensive lifestyle intervention or collaborative educational program alone, with 6 months of follow-up. Intervention included 150min of physical activity a week to reduce body weight by 7%.