Diabetes affects an estimated 29 million Americans, and one in four people don't know they have the disease, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Stanford Health Library recently held a three-part lecture series about preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes. A the first event, Stanford primary care doctor Bryant Lin, MD, shared with the audience that diabetes is "a topic near and dear to his heart" and that he deals with the disease "in both his personal life and clinical life." Lin's family medical history puts him at high risk for the disease: His mother, her six siblings and his maternal grandparents were all diagnosed with diabetes. On the clinical side, he treats diabetic patients at Stanford Health Care.
In the above video, Lin provides an overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk-assessment and diagnosis of diabetes.
This video is the first lecture in a three-part series addressing important questions related to diabetes and lifestyle choices.
Previously: Diabetes and nutrition: Healthy holiday eating tips, red meat and disease risk, and going vegetarian, Diabetes and nutrition: Why healthy eating is a key component of prevention and management and Examining the role of exercise in managing and preventing diabetes
