National Diabetes Month - November 2019.
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Public health announcement citing secondary surveillance estimates without original human data analysis
PubMed 31851648 · doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6843a1
What was done
This is a brief public health announcement published by the CDC in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) marking National Diabetes Month (November 2019), summarizing national surveillance estimates for diabetes and prediabetes in the United States.
What was found
An estimated 30 million US adults aged ≥18 years are living with diabetes and 84 million with prediabetes. Among adults aged ≥65 years, an estimated 1 in 4 has diabetes and 1 in 2 has prediabetes. Prediabetes increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, but progression can be prevented or delayed via structured lifestyle change programs targeting weight loss, diet, and physical activity.
Why it matters
It highlights the large population burden of diabetes and prediabetes in the United States, noting that half of adults aged 65 and older are affected by prediabetes.
Limits
This is a brief introductory public health notice rather than an original empirical study. The abstract presents aggregate secondary surveillance estimates without original study design, primary methodology, sample characteristics, or confidence intervals.
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- context Approximately 115 million adults in the United States have pre-diabetes.