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Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Intervention or Metformin
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| Did you know that Type II Diabetes affects approximately 8% of adults in the United States | |
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| Yes, I did. The rates are very alarming yet the some of the risk factors are reversible and can improve quality of life. | |
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| Now that you have mentioned the risk factors, please enlighten me about them. | |
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| They include elevated plasma glucose concentrations in the fasting state and after an oral glucose load, overweight, and a sedentary lifestyle. | |
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Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group study
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| You said the risk are reversible, how? | |
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| The risks are indeed reversible. They can be modified with a lifestyle-intervention program | |
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