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Prediabetes Infographic
Prediabetes Infographic
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
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CDCsDivisionofDiabetes
Translationworkstoward
aworldfreeofthe
devastationofdiabetes.