What Is
Prediabetes?
Having prediabetes means your blood glucose (sugar) levels are higher than normal—but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Prediabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. Prediabetes can often be reversed.
One in three American adults has prediabetes, and most do not even know they have it.
What Is
Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies.
When you have type 2 diabetes, your body can’t use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in your blood. Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition. It can lead to health issues such as heart attack; stroke; blindness; kidney failure; or loss of toes, feet, or legs.
Are you
at risk?
You are at increased risk for developing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes if you:
• You are overweight.
• You are 45 years of age or older.
• Your parent or sibling has type 2 diabetes.
• You are physically active fewer than 3x per week.
• You ever gave birth to a baby that weighed more than 9 pounds.
• You ever had diabetes while pregnant
(gestational diabetes).
Take the test to find out if you are at risk.
You may be at risk for prediabetes, but we have something that can help. The National Diabetes Prevention Program offers year round support to help you eat healthier and be more active to reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.