NHS England's "Healthy Living" online program for people with type 2 diabetes may lead to moderate improvements in participants' blood sugar, blood pressure and BMI
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Article title: Examining the uptake, retention, and effectiveness of a national online type 2 diabetes self-management intervention in England (Healthy Living): A retrospective cohort study
Author countries: UK, Singapore.
Funding: This paper reports independent research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (Policy Research Programme, HED-LINE, NIHR200933). The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Institute for Health and Care Research or the Department of Health and Social Care. The funder did not have any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Eli Lilly provided support in the form of consulting fees for MKR, unrelated to this work, and did not have any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific role of MKR is articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. EK is part-funded by the NIHR HeatlhTech Research Centre in Emergency and Acute Care (NIHR205301) and the Manchester British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre for Research Excellence (RE/24/130017).
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Examining the uptake, retention, and effectiveness of a national online type 2 diabetes self-management intervention in England (Healthy Living): A retrospective cohort study
3-Jun-2026
MKR reports receiving consulting fees from Eli Lilly and modest GSK stock ownership both unrelated to this work. He has also led research at the University of Manchester with Innovate UK and NIHR funding to independently evaluate My Diabetes My Way, a digital intervention supporting the management of diabetes. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data. Other authors declare no conflicts of interest.