Pre-diabetes
Date Published:
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Duration:
19:53
Professor Bruce Arroll discusses pre-diabetes and preventing progression to type 2 diabetes. Bruce is a GP in South Auckland, director of the Goodfellow Unit and a Professor in General Practice at the University of Auckland.
Topics:
- The role of diet, exercise, weight loss and medication in preventing progression to type 2 diabetes.
- Assessing and managing cardiovascular risk.
- Health equity issues (risk groups).
- Integrated care within the primary care setting (patient, community and primary health care providers).
Take home messages
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Resources
- A rising tide of type 2 diabetes in younger people: what can primary care do? BPAC (2018)
- NZ primary care handbook 2102 Ministry of Health (2018 update)
- Pre-diabetes and self-management of long term conditions Ministry of Health (2016)
- Initiating interventions in people with intermediate hyperglycaemia ("pre-diabetes") BPAC (2012)
- Pre-diabetes patient resources Health Navigator NZ
- Weight loss: the options and the evidence BPAC 2019
Presenter
Prof. Bruce Arroll
General Practitioner
To contact Bruce Click here.
This podcast episode is supported by Pharmac
This presentation is intended for qualified health practitioners professional development and should not be relied upon for any other purpose. Any opinions offered are those of the presenter or other speaker and do not necessarily represent the views of Goodfellow Unit.