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January 8, 2022

Overweight people should screen for diabetes early.

If your body mass index (BMI) is 25 or above, you should begin screening for prediabetes and diabetes every three years at age 35, rather than at age 40, according to an updated recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force. It is hoped that screening these individuals at a younger age may detect more cases of prediabetes and diabetes earlier, thereby averting some of the disease's worst consequences. According to the CDC, approximately 13% of adults in the United States have diabetes, while another 34.5 percent have prediabetes. 


Many people who have diabetes — around 21.4 percent — are unaware they have it. Diabetes was the seventh biggest cause of mortality in the United States of America in 2017. If left unchecked, it can result in a variety of catastrophic health consequences, including kidney failure, blindness, cardiovascular, and liver illness.


Typically, diabetes is detected through the measurement of blood sugar after an eight-hour fast or with the administration of a blood test for hemoglobin A1C. (it can be done any time of the day). If you are at a high risk of developing diabetes, your doctor may want to begin screening you at an earlier age, the advice states.

If you are diagnosed with prediabetes, lifestyle modifications such as a healthier diet, increased physical activity, and weight loss, as well as certain medications, may help prevent or delay the development of diabetes.

We are monitoring research.

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Key Verse “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15:1). Text —Proverbs 15:1-4 Message Two contrasting scenarios in the Book of Judges portray the truth of today’s text. Gideon was challenged by the men of Ephraim and his soft answer averted what could have brought a destructive war (Judges 8:1-3). A few years later, the quarrelsome Ephraimites met their match in an equally short-tempered Jephthah. He was a Gileadite from the tribe of Gad. Rough words flew back and forth, and a devastating war broke out between the two tribes. By the time the dust cleared, 42,000 Israelites were dead (Judges 12:1-6). Speaking the right words would have prevented that. The heart and the mouth are connected, therefore grace in the heart produces graciousness in the lips. Graciousness is the ability to speak words that promote peace and harmony in otherwise tense situations. Opportunities to exhibit grace or else bad manners will arise every day in the home, at school, or on the streets. Unsaved youths lose the battle every time; they speak bad words, show rude manners even to elders, they have no respect for anyone. Today is International Day for Countering Hate Speech. Quote The heart and the mouth are connected Challenge Practice graciousness in your speech today. Prayer for today Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord.
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