There are several routine medical screenings adults should be keeping up with in the new year. Getting your cholesterol checked will let you know if you need to make any changes to avoid serious health issues like a heart attack or stroke. According to doctors, knowing if you have prediabetes is crucial so you can make lifestyle changes to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.
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About 1 in 5 people in the United States who are living with diabetes are unaware they even have the disease, and that ratio goes to 8 out of 10 people who have prediabetes and don’t realize it. So, the association has called March 22nd, Diabetes Alert Day, for people to check to see if they are at higher risk for developing the disease.
November marks National Diabetes Awareness Month, and local medical experts are urging people to watch for the signs of this disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that over 34 million Americans had diabetes back in 2018, which is just over 10 percent of the population.
More than 84 million American adults have prediabetes and you could be one of them.