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Can an apple a day keep type 2 diabetes at bay?

Moderate consumption of whole fruits can cut five-year risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more than one-third—but skip the fruit juice.

Prevention & Wellness
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How a prediabetes decision aid can help ease path to prevention

Learn about a novel diabetes prevention approach that helps patients with prediabetes who don’t speak English or have less education.

Prevention & Wellness
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One-third of U.S. adult patients have prediabetes. Know what to do.

Establishing ties to a local CDC-recognized lifestyle change program is one key to greatly boosting your practice’s diabetes prevention efforts.

Prevention & Wellness
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How COVID-19 boosted enrollment in diabetes prevention program

Learn why more patients with prediabetes have jumped at the opportunity to join a virtual diabetes prevention program.

Prevention & Wellness
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These 3 measures will help doctors boost diabetes prevention

Quality measures on prediabetes screening, intervention and retesting can gauge medical practice effectiveness. Learn more with the AMA.

Prevention & Wellness
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Higher costs of diabetes start at least 5 years before diagnosis

New research helps make the case for investing in evidence-based efforts to prevent type 2 diabetes.

Prevention & Wellness
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Stating facts on sugary-drink labels isn’t free-speech violation

San Francisco wants sugar-sweetened beverage ads to carry obesity, diabetes warnings. AMA Litigation Center tells a federal court the law should stand.

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3 ways doctors can expand reach to help patients with prediabetes

COVID-19 remains top of mind, but physicians shouldn’t skip the chance to address prediabetes. Learn how to improve the preventive care you deliver.

Prevention & Wellness
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How Henry Ford embraced distance learning for diabetes prevention

Leaders at the Michigan health system had long planned to include virtual option. Find out how they shifted course when the pandemic hit.

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