Top obesity doctor PROFESSOR NAVEED SATTAR: The four simple diet changes that will help you avoid type 2 diabetes

Not buying a large bar of chocolate and adding more vegetables to your meals are ways you could reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, according to Professor Naveed Sattar of University of Glasgow.

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Top obesity doctor PROFESSOR NAVEED SATTAR: The four simple diet changes that will help you avoid type 2 diabetes READ MORE: Nestle targets 'Ozempic face' by selling collagen supplements By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 09:56 EDT, 29 June 2024 | Updated: 10:07 EDT, 29 June 2024 e-mail View comments Naveed Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow Putting down the share bag of crisps, not buying a large bar of chocolate and adding more vegetables to your evening meal are all ways you could easily reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes . That's according to Professor Naveed Sattar, a medical doctor and expert in metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow , who has worked on clinical trials of lifestyle changes and drugs to both prevent and manage diabetes. Diabetes is a serious condition affecting more than 5.

6million people in the UK and an estimated 38million in the US. While you can't reduce your risk of type 1 diabetes, which is due to malfunction of the immune system, you can lower your odds of getting type 2 diabetes through lifestyle changes. Here, Professor Sattar shares four simple tips he gives to patients to help reduce their diabetes risk.



You CAN eat chocolate...

just have a smaller bar For many a 'snacking culture' is the reason for their weight gain. Eating crisps, cakes and sweets between meals can add extra calories, sugar and fat to your daily intake. Buying snacks in bulk and munching on a big share bag of crisps or .