The older you get, the slower you move. #AgingAintForChumps
“I keep hearing more people diagnosed with prediabetes these days. Not sure if this is because the medical community know more about diabetes now so they can recognize it earlier. Or, is this a function of my inner circle aging so I hear this diagnosis more now. Actually, it’s probably a little of both, but in any case everyone should get their A1C levels on a regular basis [Diagnosing Diabetes and Prediabetes]. Honestly, I wonder if I had received a prediabetes diagnosis would I have changed, or even attempted to change, my lifestyle?”
[Fox News]Although 79 million people in the U.S. have prediabetes, nearly 90 percent don’t know it, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
People with prediabetes have blood sugar levels that are abnormally high, but not high enough to be classified as diabetes. Prediabetes puts people at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes; about 15 to 30 percent of people with prediabetes who don’t take steps to reduce their risk will progress to type 2 diabetes in the following five years, the CDC says. Read the entire Fox News article.
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