
Results from the PREVIEW study, which compared the benefits of two diet and two weight management programs, showed comparable rates of delay toward type 2 diabetes development in patients with prediabetes who had initially lost weight on a low-calorie diet, according to Ian MacDonald, BSc, PhD.

During a Monday morning symposium at the Scientific Sessions, a panel of pediatric diabetes experts, including Nana-Hawa Yayah Jones, MD, discussed the challenges parents and providers face when trying to manage the dietary and nutritional needs of children with type 1 diabetes.

Genetic variation provides a partial explanation for the occurrence of diabetes and its complications. But epigenetic variation has a role, as well. ADAMeetingNews.org spoke with Niina Sandholm, DSc, and Rama Natarajan, PhD, two of the researchers who will review the latest findings in this area during the Tuesday morning symposium “Genetics and Epigenetics of Diabetic…

The Monday afternoon session “The Wide-Ranging Field of Clinical Nutrition Research—From the Role of Nutrients to How We Eat” will highlight results from eight recent studies examining dietary and nutritional interventions in diabetes patients. Three of the presenters, including Stephan Martin, MD, and William S. Yancy Jr., MD, MHS, talked to ADAMeetingNews.org about their research.

The question about real-world evidence is no longer whether data collected during routine clinical processes can be useful, but rather, how can it best be used? Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, and Hertzel C. Gerstein MD, MSc, FRCPC, will address that question during Saturday’s Current Issues session “What are the Contributions of the Evolving Real-World Evidence?”

New data from cardiovascular prevention trials are just some of the highly anticipated study announcements that will be presented at the 79th Scientific Sessions. Check out the schedule of sessions featuring major study results.

Click to view a last-minute additon to the Scientific Sessions program, Saturday’s meeting hours, the schedule of highly anticipated study announcements, and the live match schedule in the Women’s World Cup Viewing Lounge.
Kelly Rawlings, MPH, previews the session “ADA Nutrition Therapy for Adults with Diabetes—2019 Consensus Paper,” which begins at 8:00 a.m. Saturday in S-203 (South, Level 2).