The primary goal of PREVIEW is to identify the most efficient lifestyle pattern for the prevention of type-2 diabetes in a population of pre-diabetic overweight or obese individuals. The project comprises two distinct lines of evidence, both embracing European and overseas countries:

1) A multicentre, clinical randomized intervention trial of 3 year duration with a total of 2500 pre-diabetic participants, including children and adolescents, adults and elderly.

2) Large population studies using data from all age groups.

The focus in both lines of evidence will be on diet (specifically protein and glycemic index) and intensity of physical activity, and their interaction with lifestyle factors, habitual stress and sleeping pattern, as well as behavioural, environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic variables.PREVIEW will significantly increase our knowledge on how specific lifestyle factors can help prevent type-2diabetes. Type-2 diabetes accounts for about 90% of all cases of diabetes, primarily caused by the worldwide obesity epidemic. Diabetes is a costly disease and according to WHO, the direct health care costs of diabetes range from 2.5% to 15% of annual national health care budgets. This worrying trend calls for action and a needfor a variety of innovative approaches. PREVIEW aims to be such an innovative attempt including all necessary disciplines and stakeholders, who can contribute to developing new ways for the prevention of this widespread lifestyle related disease.The strategic impact of PREVIEW concerns the massive problems associated with the global diabesity epidemic (obesity and type-2 diabetes) and therefore includes partners from Europe (East, West, North and South) and Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. PREVIEW will thereby contribute to improving health over the lifespan of the population in Europe as well as worldwide. Overall the public health and socio-economic impact of PREVIEW is expected to be very significant.

Project information

Project acronym: PREVIEW
Project Full Title: PREVIEW is an acronym of PREVention of diabetes through lifestyle Intervention and population studies in Europe and around the World
Work Programme Objective: KBBE.2012.2.2-03
Grant Agreement No. 312057
Start date: 1-JAN-2013
Duration: 60 months
Total budget: 14.154.061 €
Funding: 8.993.475€

Industrial sponsor of the formula diet: Cambridge Weight Plan™, Northants., UK  

PREVIEW Flyer v.1.5 Final.pdf