Prediabetes means your blood glucose (sugar) is higher than normal, but not high enough to be called diabetes. Diabetes is a serious disease, which can cause heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, or loss of limbs if left uncontrolled. Type 2 diabetes can be delayed or prevented in people with prediabetes through lifestyle change.

Find out your risk for prediabetes.

To decrease your risk developing prediabetes/diabetes, work toward these lifestyle changes: If you are overweight, losing 5-7 % of what you currently weigh lowers your risk. In a 200 pound person, that means losing 10-14 pounds. 

• Be active most days. Include 30 minutes of physical activity, 5 days per week as a goal. 
• Eat 3 meals a day at regular times. 
• Avoid skipping meals. 
• Limit portion sizes Include a variety of lean meats, low fat dairy, whole grains, and fresh fruits and vegetables in your food choices. 

Losing weight and being physically active most days of the week has been shown to decrease your risk of diabetes by 58%.