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Start screening overweight, obese for diabetes at 35, task force recommends
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Screening for prediabetes or type 2 diabetes in people who are overweight or obese should start at age 35 instead of 40, an expert panel now says.
Such screening should continue until age 70, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine.
Advertisement Health care providers can help people improve their health by screening those who are overweight or obese for prediabetes and diabetes, said task force member Dr. Michael Barry, director of the Informed Medical Decisions Program and the Health Decision Sciences Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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