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COULDIT

PREDIABETES

86

MILLION

BEYOU?

1 3
OUT
OF

86millionAmerican
adultsmorethan
1outof3have
prediabetes

9 10
OUT
OF

TYPE2
DIABETES

PREDIABETES

NORMAL

peoplewithprediabetes
donotknowtheyhaveit

Prediabetesincreasesyourriskof:

Prediabetesis
whenyourblood
sugarlevelishigher
thannormalbutnot
highenoughyetto
bediagnosedas
type2diabetes

TYPE2
DIABETES

Ifyouhave
prediabetes,
losingweightby:

HEART
DISEASE

STROKE

cancutyourriskof
gettingtype2diabetesin

EATING
HEALTHY

&

BEING
MORE
ACTIVE

HALF

Withoutweightloss

1530%ofpeoplewith

andmoderate

prediabeteswilldevelop

physicalactivity

type2diabeteswithin5years

Y EARS

Peoplewhohavediabetesareathigherriskofserioushealthcomplications:

BLINDNESS

KIDNEY
FAILURE

HEART
DISEASE

STROKE

LOSSOFTOES,
FEET,ORLEGS

YOUCANPREVENTTYPE2DIABETES
FINDOUTIFYOUHAVEPREDIABETES

Seeyourdoctortogetyour
bloodsugartested

JOINACDC
RECOGNIZED

diabetes
prevention
program

eathealthy
bemoreactive
loseweight

LEARNMOREFROMCDCANDTAKETHEPREDIABETESRISKQUIZ AT

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention

REFERENCES
CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.Nationaldiabetesstatisticsreport:estimatesofdiabetesanditsburdeninthe
UnitedStates,2014.Atlanta,GA:U.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,CentersforDiseaseControland
Prevention,2014.
KnowlerWC,BarrettConnerE,FowlerSE,etal;DiabetesPreventionProgramResearchGroup.Reductioninthe
incidenceoftype2diabeteswithlifestyleinterventionormetformin.NEnglJMed2002;346:393403.Ascitedin
March22,2013,MMWR.
TuomilehtoJ,LindstomJ,ErikssonJ,etal;FinnishDiabetesPreventionStudyGroup.Preventionoftype2diabetes
mellitusbychangesinlifestyleamongsubjectswithimpairedglucosetolerance.NEnglJMed2001;344:13431350.

CDCsDivisionofDiabetes
Translationworkstoward
aworldfreeofthe
devastationofdiabetes.

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