Physical Exercise, Diet, and Health in People With Type 2 Diabetes: Longitudinal Design of the EDUGUTION Study

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF CADIZ · Jan 12, 2024

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The EDUGUTION Study is looking at how physical exercise and nutrition can improve health in people with type 2 diabetes. This part of the study is focused on checking in with participants one year after they completed a three-month program that included exercise and dietary advice. The researchers want to see if there have been any changes in the participants' health and lifestyle habits over the past year. They will be measuring things like diet, quality of life, fitness levels, and will also take blood samples to check their health.

To be eligible for this study, participants need to be non-smokers, drink very little alcohol, and have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 25. They should not be insulin-dependent or have major health issues that could interfere with exercise. Participants will visit the University Hospital for a single day to complete the required tests. This study will involve about 120 people who took part in the previous EDUGUTION study. It’s a great opportunity to see how well the earlier program worked in the long term!

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Non smoking
• • Non-alcoholic (\<3 standard drinks per day)
• • Body mass index \>25 kg/m maintaining the habitual dietary patterns without a body mass reduction higher than 2% during the last 6 months
• • Not being insulin dependent
• • Absence of injury, disease or disability or other known medical condition which could affect the ability to successfully participate in physical exercise tests
• • Absence of cardiovascular disease (angina, peripheral or cerebro-vascular disease).
• • Absence of neurologic and psychiatric diseases.
• • Absence of respiratory diseases (pulmonary hypertension, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc.).
• • Absence of other metabolic diseases (hyper/hypo parathyroidism, hyper/hypothyroidism, Cushing's disease, Type 1 diabetes, etc.)
• • Absence of active inflammatory bowel disease
• • Absence of kidney disease
• • Absence of tumours
• • Absence of coagulation dysfunction
• • Not under treatment with medications k known to affect glucose metabolism, recent steroid treatment (within 6 months), or hormone replacement therapy
• • Be able to understand a communication in Spanish or English.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Failure to complete the EDUGUTION study measurements and the intervention.