The Test You Need Now – Diabetes

You’re young, you’re fit

Why should you worry about diabetes?
New evidence shows it’s on the rise.

Last year, Pat Wysocki got some startling news: She had diabetes. As part of her first physical exam in four years, her doctor had ordered a variety of blood tests. “When I called for the results, I thought there must be a mistake. I felt perfectly fine, and besides, I was too young to have diabetes,” says the writer from New York, who was 38 at the time. At five feet ten and 185 pounds, Pat was moderately overweight, but she exercised regularly and her diet was low in fat.

A retest confirmed the diagnosis, putting Pat in a fast-growing category of women under 40 who’ve been hit with type 2 diabetes. In just 10 years, the number of cases in women ages 30 to 39 has jumped 70 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Overall, the CDC estimates that 16 million Americans have the disease. A third of them don’t know it because there are no symptoms in the early stages.

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