2型糖尿病（type 2 diabetes mellitus，T2DM）是一组以慢性血糖升高为特征的代谢性疾病，传统观点认为需长期使用降糖药物治疗。但近来较多的研究表明，对某些特定情况的糖尿病患者通过饮食，运动强化干预、应用有降低体重作用的降糖药物或短期胰岛素强化治疗和代谢手术等可使该部分T2DM得以缓解。本文将从T2DM缓解的定义、干预方式等进行阐述。

Type 2 diabetes mellitus（T2DM）is a group of metabolic disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia，which tranditional require long⁃term medication with hypoglycemic drugs. However，more recent studies have shown that some diabetic patients can be alleviated by intensive intervention of diet and exercise，hypoglycemic drug which can loss weight，or short⁃term intensive insulin therapy，metabolic surgery. This article will discuss the definition of T2DM remission and intervention methods.