Select employees with prediabetes were invited to test the app, which offered assistance with food selection and lifestyle changes. Employees who participated confirmed that they had prediabetes with a blood test, and then actively monitored their meals and their blood sugar using glucose monitoring devices.
The app was used to demonstrate to employees how healthy and unhealthy food choices could impact their blood sugar and lead to disease progression. A significant glucose spike after a carbohydrate-heavy meal, for example, could encourage testers to consume more protein and make different choices. Intervening at the prediabetes stage could help millions of people avoid developing diabetes 2.
It has really been a bit disappointing seeing how Type 2 diabetes just seems to be “treated” with medications instead of health practitioners making a real effort to advise patients about lifestyle changes that should be attempted properly first.
Medical doctors really should not be seen as pill prescription generators. Maybe they think patients should have done their own homework first before coming to see them. But I think many patients don’t realise the link between Type 2 diabetes and some lifestyle choices. Medical practitioners should be advising on this with the initial diagnosis.
So, well done Apple, at least on tackling this and hopefully making this something fun to use.
See https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/25/apple-diabetes-prevention-app-test