Lewis County Public Health recruiting eligible participants for their next Diabetes Prevention and Management Courses

LOWVILLE-Pre-diabetes - it is a serious health condition, where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.

Pre-diabetes is a condition that has become very common here in the U.S., yet a staggering number of adults don't even know they have it.

In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 96 million American adults, that's more than 1-in-3, have pre-diabetes.

Of those with pre-diabetes, more than 80% don’t know they have it. Could you have pre-diabetes? Take the risk test.

Health experts say you can have pre-diabetes for years but have no clear symptoms, so it often goes undetected until serious health problems such as type 2 diabetes show up.

Officials stress that it’s important to talk to your doctor about getting your blood sugar tested if you have any of the risk factors for pre-diabetes, which include:

• Being overweight
• Being 45 years or older
• Having a parent, brother, or sister with type 2 diabetes
• Being physically active less than 3 times a week
• Ever having gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) or giving birth to a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds
• Having polycystic ovary syndrome

As we merge into the new season of fall, Lewis County Public Health is recruiting eligible folks to sign up for their next diabetes prevention and management courses.

For more details, listen to our latest on-air segment from Wednesday, September 20 with Public Health Specialist Sierra Kempney:

You can also call the Public Health Office in Lowville, NY for more on how to sign-up: 315-376-5453.

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