An awareness regarding obesity and obesity related complications is the need of the hour. In obese individuals as well as in family members with a susceptibility to diabetes a screening for pre-diabetes may prove useful. There is already the practice of screening and diagnosing metabolic syndrome in vogue. Therefore it becomes prudent to look for proper diagnostic or say screening methods for obesity and obesity related disorders including pre-diabetes in a population.
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An awareness regarding obesity and obesity related complications is the need of the hour. In obese individuals as well as in family members with a susceptibility to diabetes a screening for pre-diabetes may prove useful. There is already the practice of screening and diagnosing metabolic syndrome in vogue. Therefore it becomes prudent to look for proper diagnostic or say screening methods for obesity and obesity related disorders including pre-diabetes in a population.
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