Prediabetes — a term that refers to above-normal but not extremely high blood sugar levels — isn’t a disease, and it doesn’t imply that older adults who have it will inevitably develop Type 2 diabe…
, published in JAMA Internal Medicine last year, helps puts prediabetes in further perspective.
, director of the geriatric diabetes program at Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of the Harvard Medical School, said that while it’s OK to tell older adults with prediabetes to be more active and eat carbs evenly during the day, it’s also important to educate them that going from prediabetes to diabetes isn’t inevitable.
Unfortunately, some doctors are prescribing medication to older adults with prediabetes and many aren’t spending time discussing the implications of this condition with patients. “My doctor really didn’t have much to say when I asked, ‘Why wasn’t there more of a change?’” Hissam said.
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