Hi Welcome back to Type 2 where we discuss everything about type 2 Diabetes in a way
that everyone can understand.
I'm Dr Vladmir Carvalho.Today we are going to do something special.
We will see your chances of getting type 2 diabetes in the next few years
Now what you might already know is that there are more than 460 million people living with
diabetes right now.
And more than 90% of them are type 2.
And about 10% of the health expenditure is spent on diabetes.
You know, that’s a lot!
But what you might not know is that half of the people with type 2 diabetes do not even
know they have it.
And then there’s an extra 370 something, 74 million people with Impaired glucose tolerance
(IGT) . That means they are not diabetics but they are getting there.
Chances are that some of you watching this video might be one of them
We will take this simple test from ADA, American Diabetes Association.
And I will put a link in the description below, if you want to download it.
It’s pretty simple to follow, we have 7 questions.
And according to your answers, you will get some points.
And the more points you have, the closer you are to type 2 diabetes.
Now let’s look at the first one.
How old are you?
This is the easiest one.
Now if you are less than 40 years old, you are pretty safe, 0 points; 40 to 49, 1 point;
50 to 59, two points; and 60 or more, you have 3 points.
But remember the more points you get the higher your risk of getting type 2 diabetes is.
Now let’s look at the second question: Are you a man or a woman?
If you are a man you have higher chances of getting diabetes.
There is no equality here.
So, we just take it and go If you are a woman, and you have a history
of gestational diabetes.
That means diabetes when you were expecting a baby, but after that it went back to normal.
If yes you have a point, if not 0 points.
So this doesn’t apply to me, I will just...
Number four: Do you have parents or siblings with diabetes?
If yes, a point, no, no points.
It’s easy Question number 4.
History of high blood pressure?
If you have it, if you have high blood pressure you get a point, if you don’t, nothing.
In my case it’s very difficult to say because when I was heavier, I did have high blood
pressure.
But then, now that I’m light, I'm back to normal.
So… ok.
Now number 6.
Are you physically active?
Do you do physical exercise for at least 150 minutes a week?
If yes, 0 points, if no, one point; But I don’t fully agree with this one because
some of us do a lot of exercise, you know.
we should get a minus something.
And professional athletes should, you know, maybe minus 5.
But let me just erase that to not confuse everybody.
I don’t have an eraser Now for the last question.
Are you overweight?
Now there’s a table that I’m going to put here.
Then you just need to look at your height.
Now when you find your height, ignore everything else on that table.
You just need to look at that line and find your weight.
If you weigh less than what you can find in that table, you have 0 points.
If it’s the first one you get 1, the second one you get 2, and the third one 3.
Now that you have everything you need to count your points.
For me, 3.
Now if you score 5 or more know that diabetes is about to knock at your door.
But...
Ok, not literally, you know, for you to be sure if you are going to have diabetes or
not, you need to go to the hospital and check with your doctor.
But if you scored 5 or higher you are at increased risk of having type 2 diabetes.
Fortunately you can do something about it.
Because diabetes can be prevented.
It’s not like something that you get anyhow.
You can prevent it.
You know, If we look at studies like DPP for example, Diabetes Prevention Program.
They found that just a moderate weight loss of about 7% and 150 minutes of exercise per
week can reduce the incident of type 2 diabetes by 58%.
That's a lot!
That’s better than metformin.
You know, a lot times when patients find out that they have type 2 diabetes, they tell
us you know, my grandmother, my grandfather, they died of it, you know, that’s why they
gave it to me.
Or my mother, my father…
They have a lot of excuses.
But when we look at the risk test, that is just 1 point.
And we already know that a moderate weight loss of 7% and 150 minutes of exercise per
week can reduce the incident of type 2 diabetes by 58%.
Now can you imagine if you do more than that?
Right?
And if you have high blood pressure, you need to take care of it.
If you...well if you are a man, you know, stay man!
Don’t do anything about that one.
And if you are old...anyways just know if you are at risk.
You know the message from IDF (International Diabetes Federation) this year is: Protect
your family.
So take this test and also do it for your family members.
Wait before you go write in the comments section below how many points you got.
And we will discuss there.
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Bye