10 WAYS TO LOSE the KILOS

TIPS FOR LOSING WEIGHT

There is no one right way to lose weight. So much depends on finding out what works for you. But there is widespread agreement among experts that losing about 5-7 per cent of your initial weight (about 4-7kg for someone weighing 90kg) – and keeping those kilos off – can have tremendous health benefits for people with prediabetes or in the early years of type 2 diabetes. For most people diagnosed with type 2, weight loss can’t reverse the disease, but it can help slow its progression and delay the need for additional medications, says Hope Warshaw, co-author of Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy (American Diabetes Association, 2010).

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