Andreas Birkenfeld: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Medical Director of the Department of Internal Medicine IV at University Hospital Tübingen and Transcampus Professor of Diabetes at King's College London
- Quoted on
- Diabetes
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“This study challenges one of the biggest assumptions in modern preventative medicine. For years, people with prediabetes have been told that losing weight, exercising more and eating healthier will protect them from heart attacks and early death. While these lifestyle changes are unquestionably valuable, the evidence does not support that they reduce heart attacks or mortality in people with prediabetes. Instead, we show that remission of prediabetes is associated with a clear reduction in fatal cardiac events, heart failure, and all-cause mortality.”
What Andreas Birkenfeld has said
“We think it is no longer sufficient to wait until someone has prediabetes or diabetes before taking action. We need to recognise the stages of life when people are more metabolically vulnerable and use these as opportunities to tailor prevention and protect metabolic health.”
Medical Director of the Department of Internal Medicine IV at University Hospital Tübingen and Transcampus Professor of Diabetes at King's College London · Diabetes · 30 Sept 2026 · Diabetes prevention starts as early as conception, experts say ↗
Where Andreas Birkenfeld has been quoted
- Lowering blood sugar cuts heart attack risk in people with prediabeteskcl.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Diabetes prevention starts as early as conception, experts saykcl.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
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