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'Standard' Glucose Test May Be Wrong One for Obese Children

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Posted: Sun., June 15, 2008, 10:20 pm
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Topics: Obesity, Weight Management, blood glucose test, Diabetes, Glucose, obese children, prediabetes, EmpowHer News
     

SUNDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- The current standard screening test for prediabetes in children often fails to detect the condition, Canadian researchers contend.

Ironically, the findings are from a study group of 172 obese children -- ages 5 to 17 -- who joined a program to help them slim down to a healthy weight.
     
     
     
     
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Just Diagnosed with Prediabetes

by Veronica
Posted: Tue., February 19, 2008, 03:33 pm
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Topics: Diabetes , Diabetes, diabetes, diagnoses, Diagnosis, prediabetes
     
Hi, I just found out about this site, and thought this might be a good place to ask a question. I am 43 years old, and just been told I have prediabetes. I've read a lot about diabetes, and just wondering if others have been diagnosed with this, and what it exactly means? thanks, Veronica
     
     
     
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