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Review
. 2018 Jun 13:361:k2234.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2234.

Dietary and nutritional approaches for prevention and management of type 2 diabetes

Nita G Forouhi  1 , Anoop Misra  2 , Viswanathan Mohan  3 , Roy Taylor  4 , William Yancy  5   6   7
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Review

Dietary and nutritional approaches for prevention and management of type 2 diabetes

Nita G Forouhi et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Common ground on dietary approaches for the prevention, management, and potential remission of type 2 diabetes can be found, argue Nita G Forouhi and colleagues

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare the following: NGF receives funding from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit (MC_UU_12015/5). NGF is a member (unpaid) of the Joint SACN/NHS-England/Diabetes-UK Working Group to review the evidence on lower carbohydrate diets compared with current government advice for adults with type 2 diabetes and is a member (unpaid) of ILSI-Europe Qualitative Fat Intake Task Force Expert Group on update on health effects of different saturated fats. AM received honorarium and research funding from Herbalife and Almond Board of California. VM has received funding from Abbott Health Care for meal replacement studies, the Cashew Export Promotion Council of India, and the Almond Board of California for studies on nuts. RT has received funding from Diabetes UK for the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial and he is a member (unpaid) of the Joint SACN/NHS-England/Diabetes-UK Working Group to review the evidence on lower carbohydrate diets compared to current government advice for adults with type 2 diabetes. WY has received funding from the Veterans Affairs for research projects examining a low carbohydrate diet in patients with diabetes.

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Dietary advice for different populations for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes
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