Almost three-quarters of adults 20 years or older in the United States are overweight, with 42.5% of adults meeting the C.D.C.’s definition for obese.1 For people with type 1 diabetes, the incidence may be even higher according to studies over the past ten years, partially due to the increase in weight gain when on intensive insulin therapy.2 Increased weight adds additional challenges for people with type 1 diabetes, including insulin resistance and increased risk for complications.
One of the biggest barriers to losing weight for people with diabetes is fear of hypoglycemia that goes along with exercise, weight loss and dietary changes.3 Losing weight with type 1 diabetes can be really challenging, but there are a lot of new tools available to help make it easier. In this article, we’ll summarize what the latest science says about T1D and weight loss.
