What is the recommended approach for managing type 2 diabetes?
Optimal management of type 2 diabetes is best achieved with a multidimensional approach that includes medical nutritional therapy, lifestyle counseling, diabetes self-management, education and support, and medication therapy. For patients with overweight or obesity, it can be helpful to include intensive behavioral counseling for weight loss in medical nutritional therapy. Weight loss can result in diabetes remission for some patients and reduced medication use in most.