Type 2 Diabetes - A Simple Online Screening for Diabetes!

Attempting to screen everyone for Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes can be a daunting task. Unless this form of diabetes is suspected, getting fasting blood sugars or hemoglobin sugar levels taken can be painful, expensive and time-consuming. The American Diabetes Association has a simple test which will take less than ten minutes to complete online and will estimate the test taker's likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Researchers in the Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan tested the value of the test and reported their results during 2011 in the online medical journal PloS One.

The test revealed: One thousand and twenty-one participants, all with normal blood sugar readings at the start of the study were included:

one group of volunteers was administered the American Diabetes Association Risk Test (ADART) only,the second group was administered the ADART plus an assessment of lifestyle behaviors, anda third group took the ADART, reported on lifestyle behaviors, and had laboratory tests performed.

At the end of three years:

among those who were judged to be at risk according to the ADART alone, 60 percent of the women and 72 per cent of the men developed pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes.among those shown to be at risk according to the ADART and lifestyle assessment, 62 per cent of the women and 74 per cent of the men developed pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes.Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes were diagnosed in 64 per cent of the women and 75 per cent of the men judged to be at risk according to results of ADART, lifestyle assessment and laboratory tests.

The investigators concluded that ADART is a good screening tool for predicting the possibility of developing pre-diabetes or diabetes within three years. Comparing the ADART to other tests, they concluded that the former was better than most.

Where to find the ADART: The ADART can be reached at the website stopdiabetes.diabetes.org/site/PageServer?pagename=SD_risk_test_english

It asks a few questions dealing with:

heredity,activity, andweight (just between you and the computer),

and reports how high the test taker's risk is, as well as making suggestions on how to lower that risk.

This tool can be used to estimate how much the risk will be lowered with changes in weight or lifestyle. (What if I weighed 20 pounds less and were more active?) The website also has tips for setting realistic and specific goals, such as:

going for a short walk every day after lunch, oreating a smaller portion of French fries and a smaller hamburger than usual.

There is also advice on lowering the risk of heart disease and strokes, common problems in diabetics, pre-diabetics and those at risk for pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes.

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