Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Multiple Health Care Strategies.

Kerala being the diabetic capital of India, need to evolve a less expensive method to reduce the tangible and intangible cost of type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM). Hospital based single blinded randomised controlled trial was undertaken at Indian Institute of diabetes, Kerala, India with an aim to assess the effect of multilateral health care strategies on metabolic profile. Pre-diabetic individuals were screened using American Diabetic Association criteria and randomly allocated to experimental and control group. Experimental group received 3 weeks training in yoga, exercise and healthy diet preparation. Control group received only heath counselling alone on diabetes prevention. Subjects were followed up for one year. The multiple health strategies were planned based on evidences and successfully implemented to curtail the menace of DM in India. The present paper details the multiple health care strategies and methodology addressing the primary prevention of primary prevention of T2DM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]