[Lifestyle] How to prevent diabetes, according to a doctor

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More than 800 million adults worldwide are living with diabetes, according to a new study in the journal The Lancet.

The global rate of diabetes was about 14% in 2022, the study found. Nearly 60% of adults age 30 or older who had diabetes did not receive treatment in 2022.

On World Diabetes Day, it’s important to understand this chronic disease, especially what we can do to prevent it. What are the health consequences? What steps can people take to prevent diabetes? How is it diagnosed? If someone is diagnosed, what treatments are available? And what lifestyle changes help everyone — both people diagnosed with diabetes and those who want to prevent it?

To help us with these questions, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner.

Dr. Leana Wen: Diabetes is a chronic disease that has many health repercussions. Diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the No. 1 cause of kidney failure and adult-onset blindness, the CDC reports. People with diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease compared with those who do not. It is also a top cause of lower limb amputations.

 

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