Change in lifestyle of type 2 diabetes patients – Use of activity sensors and feedback on nutrition and activity
Caused by unhealthy lifestyle, with bad diet and lack of physical activity, diseases of affluence like diabetes type II almost spread pandemically.
By losing weight, health status can be improved significantly. To sustain weight reduction, a change in lifestyle is needed, which can be achieved by the newly devised ABC-program, developed by Prof. Claus Luley at the University Clinic of Magdeburg.
The ABC-program focuses on measuring physical activity via activity sensors, a diet combination and charge.
ABC-program – content and course
Motivation and feedback
With the ABC-program, advisors regularly gain access to participant data over the internet and answers them in a weekly letter, in which he comments on data and motivates participants.
ABC Program - use in clinical studies
Study with type II diabetic patients
The program has been used in various studies, for example with 87 type II diabetes patients with an average BMI of 35.3kg/m2 over 6 months.
Study results
In this study, the program delivered excellent results: diabetes patients, average age 59 years, lost 10,3kg. Their plasma glucose levels sank by 1,6mmol and their HbA1c by 0,9%. The amount of patients with a HbA1c >7% sank from 66% to 27%. Furthermore, antidiabetic medication could be discontinued at 26 patients and reduce at 33.
