P REVE N T

TALKING TO YOUR
PATIENTS ABOUT
LIFESTYLE CHANGE
TYPE 2 DIABETES

88
MILLION 88 million American
adults — more than
MORE THAN

8 10 IN
adults with prediabetes
don’t know they have it

1 in 3 — have prediabetes

If your patients Prediabetes increases the risk of:

have prediabetes,
losing weight by:
EATING
& BEING
HEALTHY MORE
ACTIVE

can cut their risk of getting

type 2 diabetes in

HA LF TYPE 2
D I A BE T E S
HE A R T
D I S E AS E
ST R OKE

LIFESTYLE CHANGE PROGRAM

The lifestyle change program that is part of the CDC-led National

Diabetes Prevention Program is proven to help prevent or delay
type 2 diabetes. It is based on research that showed:

& 58% 15 27%

60
71%
YEARS

Weight loss of 5 to 7% of body

weight achieved by reducing After 15 years, lifestyle
calories and increasing physical For people 60 and older, change program
activity to at least 150 minutes the program reduced the participants had a
per week resulted in a 58% lower incidence of type 2 27% lower incidence
incidence of type 2 diabetes diabetes by 71% of type 2 diabetes
 The lifestyle change program provides:

A trained A full year of

CDC-approved Group
lifestyle in-person or
curriculum support
coach online meetings

Your patients will learn

to make achievable and
realistic lifestyle changes Eat healthy Incorporate Manage stress Solve problems
physical activity that get in the way
into their daily routine of healthy changes

PATIENT ELIGIBILITY

A1C
18+ AND AND 5.7% TO OR
6.4%

1 8 YE AR S OVE RWE IG HT D I AG N OS E D P R EVI OU SLY

OR O LDE R WITH D I AG NOSED WI T H
P R E D I A BE T E S G E STAT I ON AL
D IABET ES

HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR PATIENTS

Test your at-risk patients for prediabetes

Refer your patients with prediabetes to a

CDC-approved lifestyle change program

Learn more from CDC and find an

approved lifestyle change program at www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention

REFERENCES
CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control
works toward a world free of the
and Prevention, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 2020.
devastation of diabetes.
The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or
metformin. N Engl J Med. 2002; 346:393–403.

Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Long-term effects of lifestyle intervention or metformin on diabetes
development and microvascular complications over 15-year follow-up: the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015;3(11):866-875. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00291-0
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