Diabetes Discourse

Guest: Ken Fujioka, MD Host: Steven Edelman, MD Patients with type 2 diabetes struggle to lose or maintain weight, especially with particular therapies. What are some of the successful therapeutic interventions available for overweight patients with type 2 diabetes? What are the potential health effects of the loss of even 5 to 10 pounds for these patients? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, director of the Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center and director of the center for Weight Management at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California, Dr. Ken Fujioka, as they discuss the role that weight plays in the aetiology of diabetes and its particular benefits.