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should be initiated along with healthy behaviour interventions, and consideration could be given to initiating combination therapy with two agents (133). See Figure 7 for stage-targeted nutrition and activity strategies for type 2 diabetes.

Figure 7. Stage-targeted nutrition and other healthy behaviour strategies for people with type 2 diabetes

Reprinted from Diabetes Canada 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines (35)