Key Points
Diabetes and its many complications can affect the body in a number of ways making one susceptible to kidney issues, nerve problems, heart disease, oral problems among many others..
Losing even 5% of the body weight can help improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels which can prevent many other serious diseases from developing..
Getting to a healthy weight does have the potential to cure type 2 diabetes for many people, though not always..
Losing weight may allow people with diabetes to take fewer medications, even if it does not completely cure the condition..
Maintaining an ideal body weight means that you need to maintain a body-mass index (BMI) lesser than 25," says Dr V. Mohan Chairman and Chief Diabetologist Dr. Mohans Diabetes Specialties Centre...
