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Abbott Partners With ADA On Nutrition Program

 
• By Reed Miller

Abbott providing $2.65m to American Diabetes Association to study how continuous glucose monitoring systems can help people with diabetes improve their diet and exercise habits.

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Abbott and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are collaborating to study how continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) can help people with diabetes manage their diet and activity.

CGMs, like Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 3, can help people understand how nutrition and exercise affect their blood-glucose levels. (Also see "Minute Insight: Abbott’s Libre 3 Finds Route To NHS...

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