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Today, the American Diabetes Association ® (ADA) and Abbott announced a collaboration aimed at better understanding how diabetes technology like continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems can help people living with diabetes make informed decisions about their food and activity. Dietary habits play a pivotal role in glucose control. Nonetheless, individual variations in glycemic response to the same foods make it very challenging to prescribe a universal nutritional plan for diabetes management. Clinical studies support that keeping glucose levels steady over time leads to better clinical

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is raising concerns that a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) school meals proposed rule could weaken nutrition standards and undercut the fight against diabetes. Meals served by the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program today must follow meal patterns that ensure sound, balanced nutrition, based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. However, USDA is proposing changes to those meal patterns, requiring lower amounts of red or orange vegetables in school lunches and less fruit when schools operate innovative Breakfast in the

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The American Diabetes Association ® (ADA) and Abbott recently announced a collaboration to better understand the nutritional needs of people living with diabetes, obesity, and metabolic dysfunction and how nutrition formulas can support those needs and overall health. More than 2 in 5 adults in the U.S. are living with obesity and approximately 1 in 10 Americans are living with diabetes, most of which is type 2 diabetes. 1,2 They may have nutritional deficiencies that go undiagnosed, which can have implications on their overall health. Adequate nutrition and nutrition support have shown to

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