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Diabetes blood sugar control is getting worse for US adults


the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
the Bloomberg School’s Department of Epidemiology
The New England Journal of Medicine
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
ABC


Elizabeth Selvin
Michael Fang


Americans

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U.S.
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Positivity     39.00%   
   Negativity   61.00%
The New York Times
SOURCE: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/diabetes-blood-sugar-control-is-getting-worse-for-us-adults
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Summary

The CDC also estimates that 34.5% of people over 18 years old, or 88 million, have prediabetes.Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD, have just published the results of a nationwide study whose aim was to assess how well people with diabetes in the U.S. have been doing at maintaining blood glucose levels.The study finds that over the last decade, people with diabetes in the U.S. have become significantly less successful at controlling their blood sugar.The study’s senior author, Dr. Elizabeth Selvin, of the Bloomberg School’s Department of Epidemiology, said:“These are concerning findings. Diabetes can also lead to peripheral artery disease and others severe complications.The study appears in The New England Journal of Medicine.For people at risk of type 2 diabetes — including people with prediabetes — reaching or maintaining a moderate weight and becoming more physically active can help prevent the condition or delay its onset.People with diabetes need to continually check their blood sugar, typically with a hemoglobin A1C finger prick test, to ensure it remains at an acceptable level.A balanced diet and active lifestyle, as well as injectable insulin and other medications, can help an individual maintain glycemic control.Managing diabetes is achievable, but it does require effort.

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