| "SUNDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Experts at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are launching a new national prevention program to help people lower their risk for obesity-linked type 2 diabetes and heart disease." "CheckUp America will educate Americans on curbing risk factors such as overweight/obesity, high blood glucose, high LDL ("bad") cholesterol, high triglycerides, low HDL ("good") cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking and physical inactivity." "The more of these risk factors a person has, the greater their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease." "A recent ADA survey found that one in five Americans age 40 and older consider important health-related lifestyle changes "too hard," which suggests that many don't realize that relatively easy changes can help reduce their risk for diabetes and heart disease." ""The alarming rise in conditions like obesity, high blood glucose, and high blood pressure in America demands greater efforts to educate both people and
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