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Pre Diabetes
Educational only: videos on MedicalVideos.com are for general information and are not medical advice. Always consult your own doctor about your health.
Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be type 2 diabetes. Without lifestyle changes, people with prediabetes are very likely to progress to type 2 diabetes. If you have prediabetes, the long-term damage of diabetes — especially to your heart, blood vessels and kidneys — may already be starting. There's good news, however. Progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes isn't inevitable. Eating healthy foods, incorporating physical activity in your daily routine and maintaining a healthy weight can help bring your blood sugar level back to normal. Prediabetes affects adults and children. The same lifestyle changes that can help prevent progression to diabetes in adults might also help bring children's blood sugar levels back to normal.
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This video explains prediabetes, in which blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be type 2 diabetes. It describes how without lifestyle changes people with prediabetes are very likely to progress to type 2 diabetes and long-term damage may already be starting, and how eating healthy foods, incorporating physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight can help bring blood sugar back to normal in adults and children.
Key points
- Defines prediabetes as blood sugar higher than normal but below the type 2 diabetes threshold
- Describes likely progression to type 2 diabetes without lifestyle changes
- Notes long-term damage to the heart, blood vessels and kidneys may already be starting
- Covers healthy foods, physical activity and healthy weight as helping bring blood sugar back to normal
Video Overview
This video presents “Pre Diabetes” — Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be type 2 diabetes. Without lifestyle changes, people with prediabetes are very likely to progress to type 2 diabetes. If you have prediabetes. Whether you are preparing for a procedure, studying the technique, or learning how a condition is assessed, the recording shows the process as it is performed in practice.
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