Jingting Xu is a current Ph.D. candidate at Peking Union Medical College, specializing in cardiovascular metabolism and diabetes research. Her work focuses on lifestyle interventions for individuals with diabetes or prediabetes within long-term cohort studies. She is part of a renowned research group celebrated for its groundbreaking contributions to the field, particularly the internationally acclaimed Daqing Diabetes Study. This landmark study, published in prestigious journals such as *Diabetes Care*, has significantly advanced understanding of diabetes prevention and management through longitudinal data analysis. Xu’s research aims to optimize intervention strategies to mitigate metabolic risks, contributing to global efforts in combating diabetes and its cardiovascular complications.