National Diabetes Month: Are you at risk?

Kim Griffin Contributor November is National Diabetes Month. During this time, we aren’t celebrating but instead raising awareness, providing education, promoting healthy lifestyles and rallying against the diabetes epidemic. Currently, there are more than 37 million people in the United States with diabetes, and approximately 90 to 95 percent of them have type 2 diabetes. With those staggering statistics, you may be wondering if you are at risk. Understanding diabetes risk factors and lifestyle strategies is critical for early diagnosis, prevention and management. Type 2 diabetes risk factors: •Have prediabetes (when blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to