An estimated 1 in 3 teens and preteens, ages 12 to 17, have prediabetes, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC data means an estimated 8.4 million young people – or 32.7% of the U.S. adolescent population – had prediabetes in 2023, the most recent data available.
With prediabetes, blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis.
You can’t “easily lose a leg”.
That’s some the dumbest hyperbole I’ve seen on Lemmy.
It’s extreme rare to lose a limb to diabetes. You’d have to have severe, uncontrolled diabetes for a long time.