Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Risk of Diabetes Keeps Increasing

Number Of Americans With Prediabetes Increasing.
The Los Angeles Times (3/21, Worth) reports, "The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released figures in January showing that the number of American adults with prediabetes had jumped from 57 million in 2008 to 79 million in 2010."

The importance of this statistic is that a high percentage of people with prediabetes will go onto develop diabetes. But with aggressive lifestyle modification including eating the proper foods, increased exercise, and weight loss, many cases of diabetes can be prevented.

The bottom line is that women with any risk factors for diabetes should be screened for prediabetes with a fasting blood sugar determination.