Pre Diabetes: An Alarming and Frightening Situation about Life Time Syndrome (Diabetes)

Obesity is becoming synonym for diabetes in rural areas of india also an alarming situation

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome in First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Type II Diabetes

Background & Aims: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for diabetes, pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome in first-degree relatives(FDRs) of patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: In a cross-sectional study between 2003 and 2005, 3228 of first-degree relatives of patients with type 2 diabetes (841 men and 2387 women) from Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Resear...

Pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk.

Pre-diabetes represents an elevation of plasma glucose above the normal range but below that of clinical diabetes. Pre-diabetes can be identified as either impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). The latter is detected by oral glucose tolerance testing. Both IFG and IGT are risk factors for type 2 diabetes, and risk is even greater when IFG and IGT occur together. Pr...

The prevalence of diabetes, pre-diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in an Irish regional homeless population.

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a major chronic health condition. Prevalence is rising, superseding public health estimates. Chronic diseases are more common among lower socioeconomic groups, for example, the homeless population. There is paucity of data on the health status of the homeless population in Ireland, and the prevalence of diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors is unknown. AIM...

Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes: the frightening epidemic.

T he prevalence of childhood obesity is dramatically increasing worldwide. In 2010 about 35 million children were estimated to be overweight or obese, and this number is thought to double by 2020. The increase of childhood obesity is accompanied by an increased prevalence of diseases once believed to be exclusive to adulthood, such as type 2 diabetes. [2] Type 2 diabetes results from the imbala...