Implementation of a Very Low Calorie Diet for Remission of Type 2 Diabetes in the Community

Exclusion Criteria

• •Insulin use
• •Substance abuse
• •Current cancer diagnosis
• •myocardial infarction within last 6 month
• •learning difficulties
• •current treatment with anti-obesity drugs
• •diagnosed eating disorder or purging
• •HbA1c \> 10%
• •pregnant/considering pregnancy
• •evidence of liver disease (including liver enzymes \> 3 times above normal values)
• •evidence of renal disease (creatinine of \> 150 mmol/l)
• •persons who have required hospitalisation for depression, or are on antipsychotic drugs