Prediabetes awareness is not associated with lower consumption of self-reported added sugar in U.S. adults.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Adults aware of having prediabetes report engaging in dietary risk-reduction behavior changes. However, no studies have assessed if prediabetes awareness influences self-reported consumption of added sugar.

Methods

Cross-sectional data from 3314 adults, 20 years and older, with prediabetes were analyzed from 2013-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. Survey-weighted ordinary least squares regression was used to test whether prediabetes awareness was associated with usual intake of added sugar (g/day) using the National Cancer Institute Method by age, sex, and race/Hispanic origin after controlling for sociodemographic covariates.

Results

Among 3314 adults with prediabetes, 528 reported being aware and 2786 reported being unaware of their con

SUBMITTER: Sneed NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9669211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature