Sam’s Club to offer free diabetes screenings

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Sam’s Club on Wednesday announced that it will provide a fifth year of free diabetes screenings for the public.

Nearly 28% of adults in the United States don’t know that they have it, while 90% of adults with prediabetes remain undiagnosed, according to Sundial.

The screenings, which are valued at $250, are confidential and available at all Sam’s Club locations with a pharmacy on Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. They include tests for:

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  A1C, to measure your average blood sugar level over the past three months;


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  Glucose, to measure the current amount of sugar in your blood;


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  Blood pressure;


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  Total cholesterol;


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  HDL (good cholesterol);


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  Risk ratio; and


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  Body mass index.