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Article: New Research Shows Healthy Choice[R] Meals Can Help Curb Pre-Diabetes.
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- Obesity & Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Over 40 percent of American adults are pre-diabetic, a condition that is the forerunner to Type 2 diabetes, the life-threatening disease that impacts more than 23 million people in the U.S. Yet pre-diabetic Americans are generally unaware of their status and health risk.1 Now, ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG), one of North America's leading food makers, is shedding new light on the problem by sharing research that shows a specific type of healthier eating has a measurable impact on pre-diabetic conditions (see also ConAgra Foods, Inc.).
In research announced at the 2009 annual meeting of the Obesity Society, a study of people who ate Healthy Choice meals as part of a ...