Pre-diabetes - epidemic or emperor’s new clothes?

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Recorded17 Jul 2014

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Pre-diabetes is an umbrella term and the most widely used phrase to describe a blood concentration of glucose or glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) that lies above normal but below that defined for diabetes. John S Yudkin, emeritus professor of diabetes at University College London, thinks this is over-medicalisation and will only increase the burden on individuals and the health system. Read the full analysis article: http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4485

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