New CDC study shows 1 in 3 teens are prediabetic

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Health leaders are sounding the alarm.

New probe from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that astir 8.4 cardinal U.S. teens were prediabetic successful 2023, which is astir 33% of the U.S. teen population.

"It is simply a sedentary manner and conscionable carnal inactivity is what is causing these numbers to beryllium truthful high," said Dr. Rishika Sharma, a Visalia pediatrician.

Prediabetes is not conscionable a informing motion starring up to Type 2 diabetes, but besides for different wellness problems, similar bosom illness and adjacent stroke. There are respective hazard factors for prediabetes.

"Some of them are being overweight and obesity, your household history," said Dr. Sharma. "If you person a household past of benignant 2 diabetes, carnal inactivity, contention and ethnicity."

There are steps that teenagers tin instrumentality to trim their risks.

"Find the clip to get your assemblage moving and enactment successful shape," said Dr. Sharma. "Try to get astatine slightest 30 minutes and workout connected astir days. Eat meals that stress caller fruits, vegetables."

Getting a bully night's remainder and managing accent tin besides help. When it comes to improving wellness habits, Dr. Sharma says the absorption should beryllium connected feeling bully astir yourself.

"You don't person to spell by the books of 'I person to bash this cardio' and 'I person to bash each these fancy things to suffer weight," said Dr. Sharma. "I deliberation the extremity for it is consistency. Your parents, everybody that you situation yourself with, they person to bash this together."

Dr. Sharma says staying accordant with these tips volition not lone amended the prime of beingness but besides get teens retired of that prediabetic range.

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