Science20th centuryChinahigh confidence

In 1986, 33 clinics in Da Qing, China, were randomly assigned to control or to diet, exercise, or combined diet-and-exercise interventions for 577 adults with impaired glucose tolerance.

Notes on verification

Confirmed by multiple independent peer-reviewed sources including the original 1997 Diabetes Care study, the Lancet 20-year follow-up, and the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 30-year outcome study, all consistent on details. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]

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