Pre-diabetes screening

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Language/s: 3-6 Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Resource Link: View the Cartoon

Target Audience: 2-9 Reviews of fair comparisons should be systematic

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Earlier detection is not always better and can lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

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Disappointment in early intervention, and the cycle begins anew: even earlier intervention in even more people who will mostly not get sick anyway. Read more about why starting the disease clock ticking earlier sometimes helps, but often doesn’t:  http://1.usa.gov/xywTjg

Cartoon available for use, with credit to Hilda Bastian.