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Title of Collaborative Activity:

Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPP/DPPOS)

Description of Collaborative Activity:

The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) showed that lifestyle change or the drug metformin delay the development of type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study is studying the long-term effect of diet and exercise and the diabetes medication, metformin, on the delay of type 2 diabetes in participants of the DPP.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Research Initiative

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

1994

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NCI, NHLBI, NIA

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

CDC