Tue, Jan-04-22, 08:43
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,044
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Plan: Very LC, Higher Protein
Stats: 227/186/185
BF:
Progress: 98%
Location: Herndon, VA
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Ok, I was lured into this with some free time on my hands, so I took the test. I'm at low risk. The cutoff is between 4/5 for low/high. When I put in my previous symptoms from before changing my lifestyle, I was a "5," or high risk. My age group contributes to this and the fact that so many people can be characterized as pre-diabetic that the test results are more likely to provide this result. The website is also hosted and sponsored by the Ad Council with logos for the AMA and CDC. It's business driven, and if I were confident that people who discover that their risk is "high" were treated in a way to prevent, diminish or remove their symptoms, I would be supportive. Given who is sponsoring this, named and unnamed, it is likely to send people down the rabbit hole of ineffective diabetes treatment for the rest of their lives. Playing with this test a little, the danger is that many people under the age of 40 can be living a lifestyle that will lead to T2D, but do not currently know it until it's too late. Indicating that I was inactive with no regular exercise gives me a "3," or low risk; yet, I could be a perfect candidate to develop pre-diabetes in just a few years. No thanks.
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