The State of Diabetes in North Carolinachair, North Carolina Diabetes Advisory Council, Raleigh, North Carolina.director, Diabetes Programs in Communities, Diabetes Prevention and Control Branch, Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina....
This analysis assessed trends in measures of diabetes preventive care overall and by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2000–2015). We found increasing trends in 5 measures: diabetes self-management education (DSME), daily blood ...
The adult segment held the highest revenue share of 68.4% in the global North America sports nutrition market in 2020. It is due to the higher adoption of supplements and preventative medicines and the presence of a large consumer pool in this age group. The rising instances of obesity, diab...
We found that North Carolina UMC clergy have higher rates of obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, angina, arthritis, and asthma than North Carolinians overall. November 13, 2024 EDT Nutrition Training in Medical Education Among Family Medicine Residents in North Carolina ...
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and American Medical Association (AMA) collaborated to support diabetes prevention efforts in North Carolina (NC) with a physician champion initiative focused on tracking and increasing referrals to the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). Three focus ar...
Noncardiac comorbidities included diabetes (1062 [34.8%]), chronic kidney disease (736 [24.1%]), chronic pulmonary disease (432 [14.2%]), and active malignancy (202 [6.6%]). Overall, the global severity of illness as assessed by SOFA score was low, with a median SOFA score of 3 (25th...
The highest rates were for diabetes among African Americans (odds ratio [OR]=2.86; 95% confidence interval [CI] [2.73, 2.99]) and adult asthma (OR=1.51; 95% CI [1.43, 1.61]). African Americans tended to have lower ACS admission rates than white patients for chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech coming up in North Carolina. She's promising to push for a federal ban on price gouging on groceries as she looks to address one of voters’
The Burden of Obesity in North Carolina Obesity-Related Chronic Disease More than half (53%) of all deaths of North Carolinians are preventable. Overweight and obesity are significantly associated with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, and poor health status. Inadequ...
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