New Research on Diabetes and Incarcerated Inmates
The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently conducted research studies to determine risk factors for the disease in incarcerated inmates.
Diabetes screening is routinely instituted as part of the facility's preventive health care program.
Utilizing a fasting serum glucose test they were able to come to a few findings.
There was only one group of asymptomatic, otherwise low-risk individuals for whom routine diabetes screening was warranted.
Those with a blood pressure greater than 135/80 was be screened every 3 years.
Otherwise, glucose screening was be performed as clinically indicated, i.
e.
, in association with management of hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, history of gestational diabetes, or history of poly-cystic ovary disease.
Inmates with impaired glucose homeostasis due to nutritional habits were at increased risk of developing diabetes.
Approximately one third of the inmates with IFG or IGT would develop diabetes within five years.
Many studies have demonstrated that diabetes can be delayed, and sometimes prevented, in individuals at high risk for developing diabetes (those with IFG, IGT, or both).
All inmates with IFG or IGT should be counseled on the importance of maintaining a healthy diet and a conscious approach to meal planning.
Such inmates should be counseled about the benefits of modest weight loss and regular physical activity.
They should be monitored annually for development of diabetes.
Inmates with IFG or IGT should be assessed for other cardiovascular disease risk factors and provided treatment as indicated.
What was most interesting about the study was that researchers concluded that refined processed foods such as those used in prisons tended to begin the onset of diabetes in inmates who were not previously predisposed to hereditary genetic risk factors of diabetes.
The moral of the story concludes a high fat high sugar diet can make an otherwise healthy person a diabetic.
Diabetes screening is routinely instituted as part of the facility's preventive health care program.
Utilizing a fasting serum glucose test they were able to come to a few findings.
There was only one group of asymptomatic, otherwise low-risk individuals for whom routine diabetes screening was warranted.
Those with a blood pressure greater than 135/80 was be screened every 3 years.
Otherwise, glucose screening was be performed as clinically indicated, i.
e.
, in association with management of hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, history of gestational diabetes, or history of poly-cystic ovary disease.
Inmates with impaired glucose homeostasis due to nutritional habits were at increased risk of developing diabetes.
Approximately one third of the inmates with IFG or IGT would develop diabetes within five years.
Many studies have demonstrated that diabetes can be delayed, and sometimes prevented, in individuals at high risk for developing diabetes (those with IFG, IGT, or both).
All inmates with IFG or IGT should be counseled on the importance of maintaining a healthy diet and a conscious approach to meal planning.
Such inmates should be counseled about the benefits of modest weight loss and regular physical activity.
They should be monitored annually for development of diabetes.
Inmates with IFG or IGT should be assessed for other cardiovascular disease risk factors and provided treatment as indicated.
What was most interesting about the study was that researchers concluded that refined processed foods such as those used in prisons tended to begin the onset of diabetes in inmates who were not previously predisposed to hereditary genetic risk factors of diabetes.
The moral of the story concludes a high fat high sugar diet can make an otherwise healthy person a diabetic.
