The recently completed Diabetes Prevention Program study conclusively showed that people with prediabetes can prevent the development of type 2 diabetes by making changes in their diet and increasing their level of physical activity.
The study showed that just 30 minutes a day of moderate physical activity, coupled with 5-10% reduction in body weight, produced a 58% reduction in diabetes.Dr. Glenn Faust, chairman of surgery at NuHealth System and the Zaki Hossain Center for Hypertension, Diabetes and Vascular Disease. Below is Dr. Faust’s employee profile.
A Mission Of Hope- Dr. Glenn Faust (Chairman of Surgery)
After two decades as a vascularsurgeon, Dr. Glenn Faust felt a desire to become even more closely attached to the mission of providing the very best in health care. In 2007 he was appointed Chairman of Surgery at NuHealth—a position he now holds at the Zaki Hossain Center for Hypertension, Diabetes and VascularDisease. Last year Newsday named Dr. Faust one of the best doctors in Long Island. Mission accomplished.
“Our mission here is to serve everyone—and I mean everyone—with the same quality of care. Instead of lowering our standards to do that, we’re raising them. And it’s working.”
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