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Prediabetes Healthy Eating Tips

February 15, 2021

Did you know?

  • Eating too much sugar does not cause diabetes, but being overweight is a risk factor.
  • People with prediabetes may not have any symptoms.
  • An estimated 86 million Americans ages 20 years and older have prediabetes.
  • And... 89% of that 86 million have no idea they're at risk

National Institutes of Health research has shown that programs like the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program reduce the number of new cases of type 2 diabetes by 58% overall and 71% in people over 60.

 

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