{"id":49748,"date":"2017-11-16T09:17:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T14:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/?p=49748"},"modified":"2018-01-30T17:11:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:11:49","slug":"stat-why-im-worried-about-prediabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/stat-why-im-worried-about-prediabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition Prof Joan Salge Blake talks to STAT: &#8220;Why I\u2019m worried about prediabetes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(11\/16\/17) Clinical<a href=\"\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-website-Joan-Salge-Blake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"197\" height=\"287\" class=\"wp-image-29560 alignleft\" alt=\"for-website-Joan-Salge-Blake\" src=\"\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-website-Joan-Salge-Blake-437x636.jpg\" \/><\/a> Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake writes about the danger of prediabetes in the United States\u00a0<span>\u2014\u00a084 million Americans have the condition without knowing it, she says. She discusses the potential damages, explains the science behind diabetes and offers some solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Expert quote<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span>The good news is that diabetes-related health complications can be minimized \u2014 and even prevented \u2014 by adopting a healthy, well-balanced diet and participating in regular physical activity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/11\/16\/prediabetes-insurance-counseling-diabetes\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(11\/16\/17) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake writes about the danger of prediabetes in the United States\u00a0\u2014\u00a084 million Americans have the condition without knowing it, she says. She discusses the potential damages, explains the science behind diabetes and offers some solutions. Expert quote: &#8220;The good news is that diabetes-related health complications can be minimized \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11023,"featured_media":51327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49748"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51328,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49748\/revisions\/51328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}