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U.S. Predicts Diabetes Epidemic to Go On Unchecked
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "The limitation of access to health care really effects the diagnosis of diabetes," Zhang said.
In the final presentation, Jo Azzarello, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, collected data on the awareness of diabetes risk among 442 people who said they didn't have the disease. But, 55 percent of these people were at risk of developing diabetes, and 52 percent were wrong about their perceived risk, the study found.
"Among those who were inaccurate about their risk, 69 percent thought they were at low risk for developing diabetes, when, in fact, they were at risk," she said. "And 31 percent thought they were at risk."
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Azzarello said older people tended to be a bit more optimistic about their odds of avoiding diabetes.
"Young people were a little more pessimistic," Azzarello said. "That was worrying. Not only because of needless worry, but if you think that you are going to get diabetes no matter what you do, then people would maybe not be inclined to live a healthy lifestyle. But if you live a healthy lifestyle, you are probably not going to get diabetes."
More information
For more information on diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association.
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Last updated 6/24/2007
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SOURCES: Jinan Saaddine, M.D., M.P.H., medical epidemiologist, Division of Diabetes Translation; Xuanping Zhang, Ph.D., health scientist, Division of Diabetes Translation; Linda S. Geiss, M.A., Division of Diabetes Translation; all with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Jo Azzarello, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing, University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, Oklahoma City; June 23, 2007, presentations, 67th annual sessions, American Diabetes Association, Chicago
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