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Gillett M, Royle P, Snaith A, et al. Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Reduce the Risk of Diabetes in People with Impaired Glucose Regulation: A Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2012 Aug. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 16.33.)

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Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Reduce the Risk of Diabetes in People with Impaired Glucose Regulation: A Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation.

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Adherence

The level of participation achieved in a behavioural regimen once the individual has agreed to undertake it.

Aerobic exercise

Rhythmic, repeated and continuous movements of the same large muscle groups for at least 10 minutes at a time, for example walking, cycling, jogging, swimming.

Attrition

The decline in numbers due to dropouts and other losses to follow-up as trials go on.

Intermediate hyperglycaemia

A condition in which the level of blood glucose is above normal but below the levels at which diabetes is diagnosed.

Resistance exercise

Activities that use muscular strength to move a weight against a resistive load, for example weightlifting and exercise using weight machines.

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