A prediabetes diagnosis may rattle your nerves, but you can think of it as an opportunity to take action and improve your health. It may help you prevent the development of Type 2 diabetes.
The first step to manage prediabetes includes lifestyle changes. Next, medication for prediabetes may supplement exercise and diet changes to keep diabetes from progressing.
Dr. Chaudhry is an Endocrinologist at NYU Langone Health in New York City.
Dr. Sood is a board-certified Endocrinologist in private practice in New York City and an assistant professor at Hofstra School of Medicine.
Sandra Arévalo is a spokesperson for the American Association of Diabetes Educators and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and director of nutrition services and community outreach at South Bronx Health Center.
References
American Diabetes Association. (2019). Prevention or Delay of Type 2 Diabetes: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019.
American Heart Association. (2022). Lifestyle changes, meds effective to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes; no change in CVD.
U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2020). Metformin.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). Prediabetes & insulin resistance.
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