This is a YouTube video titled "Mark's Minutes - Diabesity YouTube sharing" created in February 2012. It features a monologue by Ask AI Mark discussing the concept of diabesity, a condition affecting many Americans that ranges from blood sugar imbalance to type 2 diabetes. The content educates viewers on risk factors and symptoms associated with diabesity.
Do you have diabesity? This affects one in two Americans. 90% don't know it. And it's the continuum from optimal blood sugar balance all the way to full-blown type 2 diabetes. And most of us who have it are not even aware of it and our doctors aren't diagnosing it and they don't know how to treat it. So if you answer yes, To any of these questions, you may already have diabetes or you may be headed in that direction. Do you have a family history of diabetes or heart disease or obesity? Are you of non-white ancestry, maybe African, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Indian, Middle Eastern? Are you overweight? Maybe you have a body mass index over 25, which is what we consider overweight. That's calculated based on your height and weight. Do you have extra belly fat? Is your waist circumference greater than 35 inches for women or greater than 40 for men? Do you have sugar or refined carb cravings? Do you have trouble losing weight on a low-fat diet? Has your doctor told you your blood sugar is a little high? Or have you been actually diagnosed with insulin resistance or pre-diabetes or diabetes? Do you have high cholesterol levels like high triglycerides over 100 or A low good cholesterol under 50? You have heart disease? Do you have high blood pressure? Are you inactive? Do you have gestational diabetes or do you have polycystic ovarian syndrome? Or do you suffer from infertility, low sex drive or sexual dysfunction? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have diabesity.
