A study in Pediatrics found that 25.5% of children and adolescents in the US were eligible for diabetes and prediabetes screening, with 85% of the diabetes cases among them diagnosed. The findings also showed that compared with fasting plasma glucose, hemoglobin A1C was a useful non-fasting screening tool for identifying youths at risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease risk later in life. Full Story: Physician's Briefing/HealthDay News (8/10)

The number of Americans who experienced food insecurity jumped more than twofold over the last two decades, increasing from fewer than 9% during 1999-2000 to more than 18% in 2015-2016, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers analyzed data from the CDC'S National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey involving almost 50,000 US adults and found the prevalence of food insecurity among Black Americans rose from 12% to over 29% during the period while the rate increased from 6% to 13% for white Americans.

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