On: 1 in 3 US teens have prediabetes, new CDC data show

[dartharva]

Quite convenient timing for this news to arrive just as GLP-1 drugs are about to explode...

[general1726 → dartharva]

I don't see a problem, you can have diabetes while being thin.

[gizmo686 → general1726]

GLP1 drugs were developed to manage blood sugar levels in diabetics. Weight loss was a side effect.

One of the issues that came up when they started getting popular for weight loss was shortages causing issues for diabetics that had been relying on them.

[general1726 → gizmo686]

Managing blood sugar does not cure diabetes.

[hilux → general1726]

Diabetes is literally defined as "a condition that happens when your blood sugar (glucose) is too high."

[general1726 → hilux]

Taking an insulin is not curing your diabetes, right? You still have it, because your body can't make insulin anymore.