美国糖尿病月开启：糖尿病协会发起全国宣传，主张确诊不是故事的终点
11月是美国糖尿病月（American Diabetes Month）。美国糖尿病协会（ADA）10月29日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿宣布，启动今年的全国教育与宣传活动：整整一个月里，协会将通过社区场所、医疗服务点、体育赛事、影院与网络平台，把糖尿病防治知识送到公众身边。今年宣传的核心信息是：确诊糖尿病不是故事的终点——在科学的照护与支持下，患者完全可以继续书写自己的生活。
协会首席执行官查尔斯·「查克」·亨德森（Charles Henderson）表示，今年的活动既要庆祝糖尿病照护领域多年来的进步、致敬推动进步的人们，也要推动下一个突破早日到来。糖尿病协会自称是美国抗击糖尿病的全国性志愿健康组织，其糖尿病月活动已成为每年11月的固定公共卫生活动。
这次宣传背后是沉重的数字。按疾控中心（CDC）《全国糖尿病统计报告》，全美约有4,010万人患有糖尿病（包括已确诊与未确诊者）；处于糖尿病前期的成年人约9,760万，即每三名成年人中就有一人以上。糖尿病前期若不干预，相当比例的人会在数年内发展为2型糖尿病；而研究表明，减重5%至7%就可能预防或显著推迟发病。
协会为公众准备了免费的60秒2型糖尿病风险自测问卷，帮助人们快速了解自己的风险因素，作为与医生进一步讨论的起点——该测试只能提示风险、不能替代诊断。对于已在管理糖尿病的患者，协会提供并发症与日常照护信息、食谱与膳食规划平台，以及经认证的糖尿病自我管理教育与支持项目，帮助患者在日常生活中稳住血糖、血压与胆固醇这组「ABC」指标。
与糖尿病月相呼应，11月14日还是世界糖尿病日，今年起国际糖尿病联盟以「对糖尿病早行动」为2026至2027年度主题，同样强调早期筛查与早期干预。卫生机构提醒，有家族史、超重、年龄在35岁以上或已处于糖尿病前期的人群，尤其应在本月主动向医生咨询筛查。
（来源：美国糖尿病协会）
American Diabetes Month Begins: ADA Campaign Says a Diagnosis Is Not the End of the Story
November is American Diabetes Month. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced its 2026 national campaign on October 29 from Arlington, Virginia: throughout the month, the association will run an educational and awareness effort across community settings, health care points of contact, sports, cinemas and online platforms. Its central message is that a diabetes diagnosis is not the end of the story — with today's care and support, people with diabetes can keep writing it.
ADA chief executive officer Charles 'Chuck' Henderson said the campaign celebrates the progress made in diabetes care, honors the contributions that made that progress possible, and pushes for continued breakthroughs. The ADA, the nation's leading voluntary health organization fighting to end diabetes, anchors its annual observance each November.
The stakes are in the numbers. According to the CDC's National Diabetes Statistics Report, about 40.1 million people in the United States have diabetes, counting both diagnosed and undiagnosed cases, and roughly 97.6 million adults — more than one in three — have prediabetes. Without intervention, many people with prediabetes will progress to type 2 diabetes within a few years, while research shows that losing 5 to 7 percent of body weight can prevent or substantially delay it.
For the public, the ADA offers a free 60-second Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test, a short questionnaire that helps people identify risk factors worth discussing with a health care professional; the association stresses that the test screens for risk and does not diagnose diabetes. For people already managing the condition, it points to resources on complications and daily care, a food hub with recipes and meal-planning ideas, and ADA-recognized diabetes self-management education and support programs — all aimed at the 'ABCs' of control: A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol.
The month also includes World Diabetes Day on November 14, for which the International Diabetes Federation has adopted 'Early Action on Diabetes' as its 2026-2027 theme. Health agencies say November is a good moment for anyone with risk factors — family history, excess weight, age 35 or older, or known prediabetes — to ask a doctor about screening.
(Source: American Diabetes Association)
来源：美国糖尿病协会
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