40% Of Adults Will develop Diabetes

“About 40% of US adults will develop diabetes, primarily type 2, in their lifetime, and over 50% of some ethnic minorities will be affected” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, published online in Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.”

Obesity is the major cause of adult onset diabetes as people have great difficulty in managing sugar. If you are worried about this, get your doctor to perform a basic blood test called ‘Hemoglobin A1C’ which will tell you if you run a high blood sugar at times. I am a big fan of finding out risks and addressing them in time before problems set in. The good news is that once you know your Hemoglobin A1C level, you can take appropriate actions with the help of your doctor if needed. We know that diabetes accelerates heart disease and many other conditions including stroke, so the theme of this post is ‘find out and then take action’.