Diabetes and Prediabetes Rates in California: “A Storm is Coming”

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By Julie Fidler

It’s not all rippling muscles and green smoothies in California. A new analysis by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers shows a shocking number of Californians either have diabetes or are on the verge of developing it.

To be specific 55% of California adults have either diabetes or prediabetes, a condition in which a person’s blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered diabetic.

The analysis used a predictive model based on national blood testing results and survey data of 40,000 California residents.

Dr. Harold Goldstein, the report’s co-author and executive director of the California …read more

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