Articlenpj metabolic health and disease2025
mHealth low carbohydrate dietary intervention ameliorates glycaemic profile, blood pressure and weight status in people with type 2 diabetes.
Article in npj metabolic health and disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Concerns regarding interpretation and reporting in Kolivas et al. mHealth low carbohydrate dietary intervention in T2D.npj metabolic health and disease · 2026Article
- Reply to: Concerns regarding interpretation and reporting in Kolivas et al. mHealth low carbohydrate dietary intervention in T2D.npj metabolic health and disease · 2026Article
- mHealth Low-Carbohydrate Type 2 Diabetes Intervention Positively Impacts Sleep Quality and Psychosocial Outcomes.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
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- A 6-Month mHealth Low-Carbohydrate Dietary Intervention Ameliorates Glycaemic and Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in People with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2025Article
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Abstract
Low carbohydrate diets (LCD) have shown efficacy in managing clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Incorporating digital tools into health care provides an adjunct treatment modality, to educate patients and provide clinical support. This study examines the effect of a mobile health (mHealth) LCD application (app) on glycaemic profile, blood pressure and weight status, in people with T2D. The study is an online single-arm, pre-post study that recruited people with T2D from around Australia, referred via registered supporting general practitioners (GPs). The intervention (Defeat Diabetes app) provides education and resources on the use of a LCD for ongoing management of T2D. After 3 months, our cohort of 99 participants (mean age 59 ± 11 years, 55 females) showed reduced dietary carbohydrate intake as a proportion of overall energy (-14%kJ/day, 95% CI: -17 to -11). Improvement in the primary outcome HbA1c (-1.0%, 95% CI: -1.3 to -0.7), was associated with reduction in dietary carbohydrate intake. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) improved (-6 mmHg, 95% CI: -10 to -1), while 21 participants reduced their diabetes medication dose with two participants discontinuing all diabetes medication. These findings demonstrate that people with T2D receiving LCD education and resources through the Defeat Diabetes app for 3 months improved their glycaemic profile and SBP despite decreased overall medication usage in almost one third of the study sample prescribed medication at baseline.
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