What is Prediabetes?
Prediabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
An estimated 54 million people in the United States have prediabetes.
One in four Minnesotans has diabetes or prediabetes.
How can diabetes be prevented?
An individual with prediabetes can delay or prevent type 2 diabetes by making simple lifestyle changes. Diet and moderate exercise alone are effective enough to bring blood sugar levels back down to a healthy range.
The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a national, 27-center, randomized clinical trial, showed that a 16-week lifestyle behavior change program can help prevent or delay the onset of diabetes in high risk patients if they reach a moderate (7%) weight loss goal and increase their physical activity.
- Diabetes Prevention Program Fact Sheet 131 kb PDF
- Diabetes Prevention Program Study Documents Repository
The I CAN Prevent Diabetes Program is based on the DPP and adapted by Plan Forward at the Indiana University Diabetes Translation Research Center for work with the YMCA.
