Diabetes Screenings Coming For Younger Populations
In their new recommendation, the US Preventive Services Task Force has encouraged healthcare providers to consider screening patients as young as 35 for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, and offering or referring preventive services.
Diabetes: Special Precautions Part II
34.2 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes and 88 million people aged 18 or older have prediabetes. Luckily, diabetes is a metabolic disease. It responds very well to exercise therapy, since regular physical activity promotes a healthy metabolism.