Session: (P07) Community and Public Health Nutrition (I) (Poster Session) (10:00 AM – 2:30 PM)
Saturday, July 25, 2026
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
(P07-55-26) Prevent Youth Type 2 Diabetes: An Updated Systematic Review With Implications for the School Nurse and Registered Dietitian
Presenting Author: Diana P. Wind, MS, RDN (she/her/hers) – Clinical RDN Inspira Health; Adjunct Professor, Rowan University
Globally, 464 million people (9.1%) have impaired glucose tolerance, which by 2045 is predicted to increase to 638 million.1
Unprecedented, rising rates of prediabetes in children and adolescents 2 is alarming parents, school nurses and dietitians. Adolescents have now reached the adult rate: one in three adolescents have prediabetes!3
Minority youth and youth with obesity have greater risk for prediabetes.2 Indicators of prediabetes are insulin resistance, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance and/or abnormal hemoglobin (Hb)A1c.
- Diet and lifestyle are key modifiable risk factors.
This systematic review has two aims: 1) to update previous 2015 research by Brackney and Cutshall4 to identify currently used strategies for the prevention of youth-onset type 2 diabetes with implications not just for the school nurse but also the registered dietitian.
And 2) to evaluate whether combined lifestyle interventions will reduce HbA1c in adolescents with obesity and prediabetes compared to adolescents with obesity and prediabetes who do not participate in CLI.
My review was guided by expertise and feedback from the University of New England’s graduate program in applied nutrition capstone advisory board: Ellie Dodge, PhD, RD and Elizabeth Falls, PhD, RD.
I'm looking forward to attending and presenting!
References
1) Mary R. Rooney, Michael Fang, Katherine Ogurtsova, Bige Ozkan, Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui, Edward J. Boyko, Dianna J. Magliano, Elizabeth Selvin; Global Prevalence of Prediabetes. Diabetes Care 1 July 2023; 46 (7): 1388–1394. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc22-2376
2) International Diabetes Federation. Type 2 Diabetes. Accessed March 2, 2024. https://idf.org/about-diabetes/type-2-diabetes/
3) American Diabetes Association. Prediabetes Doubles in Adolescents. Accessed February 24, 2024. https://diabetes.org/about-diabetes/prediabetes/adolescents-prediabetes-health-risk
4) Brackney DE, Cutshall M. Prevention of type 2 diabetes among youth: a systematic review, implications for the school nurse. J Sch Nurs. 2015;31(1):6-21. doi:10.1177/1059840514535445
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