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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A new cross-sectional study in American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that only half of adults in the U.S. were screened for diabetes within the last three years, less than what is recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). As the rates of obesity have increased, so does the incidence of type 2 diabetes, which also increases the risk for cardiovascular disease. Up to one-third of people with diabetes are undiagnosed, note the researchers.
Sarah Stark Casagrande, Ph.D., epidemiologist at Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. and lead author of the study, explained that the prevalence of screening for diabetes of U.S. adults age 20 and above was 43.6 percent and focused primarily on people who are overweight and obese, probably due to increased national attention to the disease.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925150608.htm
Sarah Stark Casagrande, Ph.D., epidemiologist at Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. and lead author of the study, explained that the prevalence of screening for diabetes of U.S. adults age 20 and above was 43.6 percent and focused primarily on people who are overweight and obese, probably due to increased national attention to the disease.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925150608.htm