According to the American Diabetes Association (2008), when individuals are diagnosed with pre-diabetes, their blood glucose level is higher than normal. However, it is not high enough to be diabetes. Based upon 2007 reports, it is likely that as many as 57 million people in the United States could have pre-diabetes. This is in addition to the 23.6 million with diabetes. Persons who have pre-diabetes usually have a fasting blood glucose level of 100 to 125 mg/dl. They may have also been told that they have an impaired glucose tolerance and a blood level that is from 140 to 199 mg/dl two hours after eating.
Pre-diabetes is a condition when the sugar or blood glucose level is higher than normal, but has not yet reached a level for a doctor to diagnose the condition as diabetes.
The good news is that we have research that leads us to think that people with pre-diabetes can prevent type 2 diabetes. Making some diet and physical activity changes can help blood glucose levels return to normal ranges. The American Diabetes Association suggests a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day and a 5-10% reduction in body weight.
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