The Diabetes Epidemic Rolls On

The diabetes epidemic keeps rolling on. According to a new study published in the June issue of Diabetes Care (for abstract, click here), 9.3% of American adults have type 2 diabetes (1/3 of them don’t even know they have it), another 26% of adults have impaired fasting glucose (pre-diabetes). According to lead researcher Catherine Cowe, director of the diabetes epidemiology program at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Diseases that represents over ½ of the adult population who either have diabetes or may be on their way to getting it. She also noted that “we are not doing a good enough job of diagnosing diabetes and we need to do a better job of convincing people that they should be adopting healthy behaviors that will prevent these conditions”. For information on symptoms, screening guidelines and recommendations for preventing diabetes go to www.diabetes.org .

from Bob Wright, Hilton Head Health Institute

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