How to Use type 2 diabetes in a Sentence

type 2 diabetes

noun
  • Metformin is a first-line drug in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
    Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • All of these symptoms raise the risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 23 May 2021
  • With type 2 diabetes, the body doesn't use insulin well.
    Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Just one to three cups per day only lowered the risk of type 2 diabetes by 4%, the results showed.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The goal is to get your A1C levels (a marker of type 2 diabetes) to under 6.5% for more than three months.
    Hallie Levine, Health.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The drug is called Wegovy, and it has already been approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
    Mike Wehner, BGR, 7 June 2021
  • While it’s approved by the FDA for people with type 2 diabetes and not for weight loss, it’s become a trendy weight-loss tool.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • While it’s approved by the FDA for people with type 2 diabetes and not for weight loss, it’s become a trendy weight-loss tool.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • That’s likely to lead to a rise in all sorts of health conditions — and not just type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
    Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 4 Apr. 2022
  • With so many cases of type 2 diabetes in the U.S., this is the leading cause of blindness in American adults.
    Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Compared to those who didn't get sick with the virus, those that did were 28% more likely to go on to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This means that people with type 2 diabetes need to be mindful of their white rice intake.
    Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
  • People with type 2 diabetes tend to fare more poorly than those with type 1, in part because those with type 1 tend to be younger.
    New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Sometimes, there is even a blurring of lines between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
    Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 3 Feb. 2022
  • People with type 2 diabetes should also watch the cholesterol in their foods.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
  • About 78% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese.
    Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
  • About 78% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
  • People with type 2 diabetes do not make or use insulin well.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In the more common type 2 diabetes, the body produces insulin but does not use it properly.
    Grace Lieberman, azcentral, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Higher caffeine levels were also linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, the study found.
    Chloe Taylor, Fortune Well, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This time as a treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Most of this connection seems due to the link between type 2 diabetes and obesity.
    Erika Stallings, SELF, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Those four make up less than 20% of the medications that are available for treating type 2 diabetes.
    Nicholas St. Fleur @scifleur, STAT, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Now, the question is how broadly the benefits extend to at-home use for type 2 diabetes patients.
    Katie Palmer, STAT, 7 Aug. 2021
  • In order to diagnose type 2 diabetes, your doctor can use a few tests.
    Sarah Bradley, Health.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Getting less than six hours of sleep may increase your risk of type 2 diabetes, regardless of your diet.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 20 Mar. 2024
  • While the linkage between overweight and obesity to type 2 diabetes is tight in adults and children, there is no such smoking gun for type 1.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The prevalence of type 2 diabetes grew faster among Black and Hispanic youth while the prevalence of type 1 increased more among Black and white young people over the study period.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 27 Aug. 2021
  • It is also used to lower the risk of major heart events in people with both type 2 diabetes and heart disease, such as stroke, heart attack, or death due to heart disease.
    Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Another study involving people with type 2 diabetes and obesity found that one-third of people in the study lost over 5% of their starting body weight after 72 weeks.
    Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 23 July 2024

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