Type 2 diabetes is preceded sometimes up to years by the stage of prediabetes. The more attention healthcare professionals put on identifying and treating patients during this stage can significantly slow or sometimes even prevent the progression to diabetes altogether, says Samuel Dagogo-Jack.
In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Dagogo-Jack, MD, of Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, discusses how a multi-intervention approach is needed to tackle the diabetes epidemic.