Can an app help prevent diabetes? Yes, but maybe not for long

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Tools like text reminders, apps, online groups, and virtual dieticians show promise early on for helping people manage their pre-diabetes. However, researchers reviewing recent evidence found those results tended to drop off in the long-term or had mixed outcomes in about a third of the studies they looked at. They say that connecting with other humans could be a key part of what makes the digital tools work early on, or it may be that having multiple ways to engage allows people to choose the one that suits them best.