National Diabetes Month
November is National Diabetes Month, a time when communities across the country team up to bring attention to diabetes. This year's focus is on prediabetes and preventing diabetes.
You can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes with proven, achievable lifestyle changessuch as losing a small amount of weight and getting more physically activeeven if you're at high risk.
Before developing type 2 diabetes, most people have prediabetes; their blood sugar is higher than normal but not high enough yet for a diabetes diagnosis. Prediabetes is really commonmore than 88 million US adults have it, though more than 84% of them don't know they do. The good news is that prediabetes can be reversed.
If your blood test confirms you have prediabetes, join the CDC-recognized National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program to learn how to make lasting lifestyle changes to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes:
-Work with a trained lifestyle coach, who will help you take small, manageable steps that fit in your schedule and in your life.
-Discover how to eat healthy and add more physical activity into your day.
-Find out how to manage stress, stay motivated, and solve problems that can slow your progress.
Learn more at: https://www.cdc.gov/
