Come e quando iniziare l’intervento precoce per la prevenzione del diabete

Growing evidence has demonstrated that prediabetes conditions, characterized by increased blood glucose levels which are below the diabetic thresholds, confer not only an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes but are also associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Lifestyle interventions and pharmacologic approaches resulting in weight loss have been shown to prevent progression to diabetes, thus highlighting the unmet need of an early identification of high risk subjects to target more efficiently preventive strategies.