Half of all adults in USA have diabetes or pre-diabetes

From Forbes, September 8, 2015:

A national wake up call to intensify efforts to control the obesity crisis with added focus on diet, exercise and monitoring blood sugar

According to a study published online in JAMA today, nearly 50 percent of adults living in the U.S. have diabetes or pre-diabetes, a condition where a person already has elevated blood sugar and is at risk to develop diabetes.

Diabetes, a condition where blood sugar is elevated, may reflect lack of production of insulin to lower blood sugar, (Type 1) or insulin resistance (Type 2), generally the result of obesity, poor diet or lack of exercise leading to the metabolic syndrome.

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