Pre-diabetes is a common condition that has connection with diabetes, however, the blood sugar level is high but not high enough to be considered as diabetes. Pre-diabetes increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and of heart disease or stroke. Many people destined to develop type 2 diabetes spend many years in a state of pre-diabetes which has been termed "America's largest healthcare epidemic."
The good news is pre-diabetes can typically be reversed without insulin or medication by losing a modest amount of weight and increasing your physical activity. This weight loss can prevent, or at least delay, the onset of type 2 diabetes.
About 20% more adults are now believed to have this condition and may develop diabetes within 10 years if they do not exercise or maintain a healthy weight. And more than 15 million Americans are believed to have diabetes. About one third of diabetes adults do not know they have diabetes.
About 1 million new cases occur each year, and diabetes is the direct or indirect cause of at least 200,000 deaths each year.
The incidence of diabetes is increasing rapidly. This increase is due to many factors, but the most significant are the increasing incidence of obesity and the prevalence of sedentary lifestyles.
Pre-diabetes indicates a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
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