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USA: inadequate action on prediabetes

Diabetes can be delayed in people at risk with lifestyle changes

Posted in Diet, Physical activity on 5 March 2010

Adults with prediabetes (impaired glucose tolerance) can delay or prevent developing diabetes through modest weight loss and increased physical activity. However, a study published in the April 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine revealed that only about half of US adults with prediabetes reported that in the past year they had tried to lose weight or exercise more.

The team of investigators led by Linda Geiss of the Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said ‘Reversing the growing diabetes problem will require multiple levels of interventions, including promotion of healthy lifestyles and increased availability of evidence-based community prevention programs for people at high risk. More efficient identification and awareness of prediabetes is a key first step to implementing these changes.’

Source: Medical News Today, 5 March 2010.

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