Jamie Kopf

Mar 18, 2024 | healthcentral.com | Amy Paturel |Jamie Kopf

From TikTok videos to Instagram memes, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are popping up all over social media. High five for diabetes awareness, you might be thinking. Except not really. The people wearing these devices aren’t among the 38.4 million Americans who have diabetes, for whom the devices are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They’re healthy individuals who want to get a better read of their blood sugar levels, ostensibly for purposes of optimizing health and wellness.