For Kathryn Dean, a 52-year-old American real estate agent and esthetician, the diabetes drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide were the key to achieving long-term weight loss and preventing type 2 diabetes.
Dean’s weight began to increase gradually at age 37, and at age 46, he was at his heaviest at 79.8 kg (176 lb), about 18 kg heavier than the average adult weight.
She was diagnosed with pre-diabetes six years ago. Also known as impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), this condition causes blood sugar levels to be higher than normal, although not high enough to diagnose type 2 diabetes. According to the Belgium-based International Diabetes Federation, an estimated 300 million people have diabetes. There are people with prediabetes all over the world. Risk factors include being overweight, eating an unhealthy diet, and doing little or no exercise. Having a family member with type 2 diabetes may also increase your risk of developing prediabetes. March 2020, Kathryn Dean (far right) and other luxury real estate agents. It was 3 years before I started using semaglutide. Photo: Instagram/kathryndeanrealtor
A recent study by Dr Peter Tong from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, found that prediabetes and diabetes are significantly underdiagnosed in Hong Kong. .
According to the report, approximately 1 in 10 people with IGT in Hong Kong are diagnosed with diabetes each year, and many studies have shown that if IGT is undiagnosed or uncontrolled, younger generations will gradually develop diabetes. It is recorded that
