AMA urges more patients to learn their risk for type 2 diabetes

CHICAGO — On Diabetes Alert Day, the American Medical Association (AMA) is calling on all Americans to find out whether they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. With 84 million people in the U.S. living with prediabetes — the precursor to type 2 diabetes — and 90 percent unaware they have it, the AMA is urging patients to take action today to take a one-minute online prediabetes risk at DoIHavePrediabetes.org.

“Diabetes Alert Day is the perfect time to give our patients the wake-up call they need to take their health into their own hands and determine whether they have prediabetes — a serious health condition that often leads to type 2 diabetes and other significant health conditions like blindness, heart attack or stroke,” said AMA President David O. Barbe, M.D. “After taking the short online risk test, we encourage anyone who learns they may be at risk for prediabetes to talk with their physician to confirm their diagnosis and find out about lifestyle changes that will help them prevent type 2 diabetes and other negative health consequences.”