<p>If you are already showing higher than normal blood sugar levels as you spend more and more hours in office -- enroll for an intervention programme at your workplace if it offers one immediately.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to a new study, employees enrolled in a workplace intervention programme as a group lost more weight, showed greater reductions in fasting blood sugar and ate less fat than employees who received only written health guidelines for diabetes prevention.<br /><br />"Adults spend a large portion of their time at work. This study shows that it is not only feasible to implement a comprehensive lifestyle intervention at the work site, it is an effective way to prevent disease," said lead author professor Carla Miller from Ohio State University.<br /><br />The employees had been identified through a workplace screening as having prediabetes. This condition increases risk for type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.<br /><br />Half of the employees participated in a 16-week group-based intervention that focused on reducing calories and fat to achieve weight loss, increasing regular exercise and attending weekly group discussions during lunch or after work.<br /><br />The other half received usual care: a booklet of strategies for self-regulated weight loss.<br /><br />On average, the workplace intervention group lost about 5.5 percent of their body weight and kept it off for three months, compared to less than half a percent of weight lost by the control group.<br /><br />The intervention group members also lowered their fasting glucose levels by more than double that of the control group.<br /><br />"Participants who attended more group discussion sessions and monitored their food and physical activity lost more weight, and weight loss is the primary way to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes," she said.<br /><br />The research was published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.<br /><br /></p>
<p>If you are already showing higher than normal blood sugar levels as you spend more and more hours in office -- enroll for an intervention programme at your workplace if it offers one immediately.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to a new study, employees enrolled in a workplace intervention programme as a group lost more weight, showed greater reductions in fasting blood sugar and ate less fat than employees who received only written health guidelines for diabetes prevention.<br /><br />"Adults spend a large portion of their time at work. This study shows that it is not only feasible to implement a comprehensive lifestyle intervention at the work site, it is an effective way to prevent disease," said lead author professor Carla Miller from Ohio State University.<br /><br />The employees had been identified through a workplace screening as having prediabetes. This condition increases risk for type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.<br /><br />Half of the employees participated in a 16-week group-based intervention that focused on reducing calories and fat to achieve weight loss, increasing regular exercise and attending weekly group discussions during lunch or after work.<br /><br />The other half received usual care: a booklet of strategies for self-regulated weight loss.<br /><br />On average, the workplace intervention group lost about 5.5 percent of their body weight and kept it off for three months, compared to less than half a percent of weight lost by the control group.<br /><br />The intervention group members also lowered their fasting glucose levels by more than double that of the control group.<br /><br />"Participants who attended more group discussion sessions and monitored their food and physical activity lost more weight, and weight loss is the primary way to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes," she said.<br /><br />The research was published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.<br /><br /></p>