title: [Life-style modification].
abstract: Diabetes education, nutritional advice, exercise recommendations and training for smoking cessation comprise the mainstay of diabetes treatment before starting drug therapy. Prevention as well as treatment of diabetes mellitus is positively influenced by life-style modification. In addition, cardiovascular risk factors can be reduced by such measures. This guideline gives in brief recommendations towards the approach to life-style modification based on current evidence.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Innere Medizin, Diakonissen-Krankenhaus Salzburg, Salzburg, Österreich. r.weitgasser@salk.at
authors.forename: Raimund
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weitgasser
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niebauer
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004035:Diet Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*