8 ways to prevent diabetes

8 ways to prevent diabetes

Millions of Canadians are living with diabetes and prediabetes. There are steps and lifestyle changes you can take to ward off the disease

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The shadow epidemic and what you can do about it

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why so many people are developing diabetes. Genes do play a role, but the less exercise you get and the more you weigh, the greater your risk. If you aren't part of the "diabetes epidemic" yet, congratulations. But there's a shadow epidemic of prediabetes—elevated blood sugar that's not yet high enough to trigger alarms—that you should worry about now. Here are eight things you can start doing today to help prevent diabetes.