it's nice to have you here. >> thank you. >> what is prediabetes? >> prediabetes is a condition where your blood sugar is higher than normal but not high enough to be type ii diabetes. >> this can be very alarming when you think about how many people have it if it goes unchecked. >> yes. if it goes unchecked, it can lead to type ii diabetes and it can also lead to heart attack and stroke. if you go onto get type ii diabetes, it can lead to a variety of those serious complications. >> with this number of people in america, 86 million people, that's bad news. let's tell them the good news. there are simple things you can do to lower the risk. >> eating healthy foods as often as you can. move more, more physical activity. those will help you lose a modest amount of weight, 5 to 7%. that's really the key. it's also figuring out how to reduce stress. >> that's what makes you eat, right? >> exactly. >> that's hard. it sounds simple but it can be hard for people to do. there is a terrific program the cdc has, national diabetes prevention program. by follow

never knowing about prediabetes, he never made any lifestyle changes. so the disease took over his life, stole his potential, and he eventually died of complications from the disease. that i am afraid is the sad story for millions of americans, which is why we are being faced with one of the most troubling epidemics this country has seen in decades. nobody should have to go through what we watched my brother go through. and nobody has to, because understanding your risks, making lifestyle changes, and learning how to manage the disease can literally save your life. today 86 million americans have prediabetes, even more alarming is that 90% of them don't even know they have it. it could be you. let's start with the basics. prediabetes means that your blood sugar levels are elevated, not quite high enough yet to be classified as type 2 diabetes but it means you are at higher risk. type 2 diabetes can lead to heart disease, chronic kidney disease, stroke, vision loss, amputations, even death. to find out if you are at risk of pre-diabetes, head to cdc.gov/

it's nice to have you here. >> thank you. >> what is prediabetes?iabetes is a condition where your blood sugar is higher than normal but not high enough to be type ii diabetes. >> this can be very alarming when you think about how many people have it if it goes unchecked. >> yes. if it goes unchecked, it can lead to type ii diabetes and it can also lead to heart attack and stroke. if you go onto get type ii diabetes, it can lead to a variety of those serious complications. >> with this number of people in america, 86 million people, that's bad news. let's tell them the good news. there are simple things you can do to lower the risk. >> eating healthy foods as often as you can. move more, more physical activity. those will help you lose a modest amount of weight, 5 to 7%. that's really the key. it's also figuring out how to reduce stress. >> that's what makes you eat, right? >> exactly. >> that's hard. it sounds simple but it can be hard for people to do. there is a terrific program the cdc has, national diabetes prevention program. by following alon

never knowing about prediabetes, he never made any lifestyle changes.the disease took over his life, stole his potential, and he eventually died of complications from the disease. that i am afraid is the sad story for millions of americans, which is why we are being faced with one of the most troubling epidemics this country has seen in decades. nobody should have to go through what we watched my brother go through. and nobody has to, because understanding your risks, making lifestyle changes, and learning how to manage the disease can literally save your life. today 86 million americans have prediabetes, even more alarming is that 90% of them don't even know they have it. it could be you. let's start with the basics. prediabetes means that your blood sugar levels are elevated, not quite high enough yet to be classified as type 2 diabetes but it means you are at higher risk. type 2 diabetes can lead to heart disease, chronic kidney disease, stroke, vision loss, amputations, even death. to find out if you are at risk of pre-diabetes, head to cdc.gov/diab

have prediabetes. even scarier 90% of them don't know it.all those people with prediabetes don't do anything about it, 25% of all americans could have type 2 diabetes by the year 2025. prediabetes can be reversed and you do not have to live with the disease alone. the cdc has created the national diabetes prevention program. this program can help people with prediabetes significantly lower their risk of ever developing type 2 diabetes. using the program, services can help reduce your risk by 58%. if you are living with the disease, the program can help you avoid some of the serious complications associated with it. what is so unique about the program is the supportive community available to participants, the program's lifestyle coaches help you establish and maintain important lifestyle changes like healthy eating, increased physical activity, as well as tips to keep you motivated and manage your stress. the fellow participants share ideas and kind of help you keep on track. learn how you can be part of the program by visiting cdc.gov/diabet

i was made aware i was a prediabetic.t occurred this is something i should take seriously. >> did that surprise you? did you think everything was fine? >> yes, every day life, just living. i am a retired police officer. for the past four and a half years i have been traveling and taking life easy, not watching my diet or my health. >> it caught up with you. how did the program work for you? >> basically it helped me change my eating habits. i know how to eat now and what to eat, what to drink, and pretty much stay more active which is key. >> sometimes that takes extra help. what are all the services that the program provides? >> certainly the program connects you with a coach who can help you really work your way through, find solutions, so you can make it program real for you. it helps you discover healthy eating tips, increasing physical activity, helps you to learn to manage stress and stay motivated in the program. >> it worked for you and it can work for a lot of other people. thank you so much for sharing your stor

i was made aware i was a prediabetic.curred this is something i should take seriously. >> did that surprise you? did you think everything was fine? >> yes, every day life, just living. i am a retired police officer. for the past four and a half years i have been traveling and taking life easy, not watching my diet or my health. >> it caught up with you. how did the program work for you? >> basically it helped me change my eating habits. i know how to eat now and what to eat, what to drink, and pretty much stay more active which is key. >> sometimes that takes extra help. what are all the services that the program provides? >> certainly the program connects you with a coach who can help you really work your way through, find solutions, so you can make it program real for you. it helps you discover healthy eating tips, increasing physical activity, helps you to learn to manage stress and stay motivated in the program. >> it worked for you and it can work for a lot of other people. thank you so much for sharing your story. r

i also realized that i was prediabetic, high risk for a heart attack and also lactose intolera intolerantafted a personalized nutrition plan with a group of specialists, and after three months i felt better than i had felt in years and after six months i had lost 25 pounds and had more energy than i'd experienced in a long time. in fact, my 13-year-old daughter was like who is this guy? you know, and so it was -- it was a life transformation for me and one that led me to believe that, you know, this idea and this kind of insight into your own health should not just be availa spend thousands of dollars, do some globe traveling to get it done but it should be available to all americans. >> it does sound expensive. how much does this cost? >> well, again, what we tried to do is take what is out in the world, a very complicated and expensive process and bring it down, make it easy to do and accessible for folks in the country. so the at home test kit where we're doing your dna blood work and this metabolic challenge is $299 and that comes with the digital dashboard which is really your person

working with ymcas across the country, doing a program to lower the number of people who are prediabetic who become diabetic. the average savings over 15 months was over $2600 for individuals and they lost 25% of body fat. those are the long-term changes we need in affordability. host: what was the greatest failure of the aca? going further faster. you would want to make more progress. you would want to see but those are all things that i think that question has to be viewed in the context of what has been accomplished. that is where the conversation has not often gone. i think when one gets to the substance of the conversation and what we've seen in the last week, further, faster is always that.wer in a place about i think it is important to reflect what the aca is in its entirety. people use shorthand. one of the things i think led to that a little bit was the marketplace and what happened in the first opening of the marketplace. people define it that way instead of broadly. that is what we have to keep on working on. the number of insured, not just the marketplace. making sure people

we know that when we have obesity, prediabetes, diabetes, we generally think of it about a ten year lag time before we start see that end organ damage that may have been cause by that. insulin resistance. all of that. if you start at that baseline at age 20 and we aren't talking about really big screenings but maybe a weight, a body mass index action a waist measurement. and if necessary an ekg or other test maybe. we aren't talking about -- we are just get that baseline and want to make sure we keep that woman healthy as she ages. again i have to tell you back in the 90s. back in the 80s we almost never saw young people in the cath labs, now it happens all the timef. you start young enough, if you prepare, if you know what you need to do then i think that it'll help women in the long term avoid some of the consequences that we are seeing more and more. >> great. thank you for that information. from our fox medical team. >> thank you. >> all right. thank you. >>> weeks of all the rain we have had and storms causing big problems on bay area roads. coming up, those pot holes. big runs mak

worked with the ymca across the country and did a program to lower the number of people that are prediabetico become diabetic. the average saving over a month for the individuals was over 20 x hundred dollars and they lost 5%. those are the kinds of things that are long-term changes we need on affordability. >> you brought up several topics, but we talk about the accomplishments. what was the greatest failure of the aca. >> you would want to go further or faster. you would want to make more progress. those are all things that i think that question has to be viewed in the context of what has been accomplished. that's where the conversation has not often gone and when one gets the substance of the conversation and what you see in the last week when people get to the start and to see a different one. further, faster is always in there in a place about that. i think it is important to reflect what it is in its entirety. people use shorthand and one of the things that i think that a little bit that is the marketplace and what happened around the first opening of the marketplace. people define it

diabetes or prediabetes affects over 100 million americans. nearly one in three of our eighbors are affected. this is in addition to all the americans whose diseases fall under complex metabolic, autoimmune or insulin resistant diseases. when i first came to congress in 2009, it was crystal clear that we had a big problem. the benefits of all of the federal research dollars were going into these diseases were simply not making their way to patients. researchers at the n.i.h., the c.d.c., the f.d.a. and even d.o.d. weren't sharing diabetes research. it was clear to me in 2009 and we clear today in 2017, need a laser-like focus on improving patient care by pursuing a strong federal focus on research. my bill accomplishes that goal by creating a national clinical care commission comprised of doctors who specialize in diabetes care for patients. this commission will have three years to strengthen their partnership between federal stakeholders and health professionals who will bring hands on clinical experience to improve care. this is not a new un

overweight people are not only at risk for prediabetes.he healthy way adults who are inactive are also potentially succumbing to that. one third of american adults say the studies of elevated blood sugar. the researchers conducted the study and they say the data shows there is a correlation between me exercise and a high level. we have to get off the seat and get off the treadmill or the bike fast. this is true >> have to get moving.cancer death rates are on the decline. a new study finds overall mortality for cancer is down20 percent . thatsince 1980 . this is seen in certain counties like colorado ski country and along the coast. cancer increased dramatically and what is being called a hotspot. here is the lead medical director for medstar health and national spokesperson for the american college of the emergency physicians. thank you for being here.tell us where the hotspots areand why the cancer rates are not going down . >> it's actually that they look at cancer death rates. it's what doctors have known for a while. there is a big hea