Medscape May 7, 2024
DENVER — With continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) becoming vital tools for managing diabetes, the technology, soon to become available over the counter, is gaining popularity in off-label use to help people with obesity who may be on the verge of developing diabetes to reverse that path, while also helping diagnose some earlier, experts reported.
“Continuous glucose monitors can help guide and motivate patients to improve nutrition and activity [in patients with obesity], as well as change behavior,” said Lori Wenz, a nurse practitioner with Western Colorado Weight Care, of Grand Junction, Colorado, while presenting on the issue at Obesity Medicine (OMA) 2024.
“They can be great tools for sticking to nutrition and pharmacotherapy while increasing patients’ awareness of how their...
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