Diseases and Conditions
Prediabetes
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Prevention
Healthy lifestyle choices can help you prevent prediabetes and its progression to type 2 diabetes — even if diabetes runs in your family. Try to:
- Eat healthy foods
- Get at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic physical activity a week, or about 30 minutes on most days of the week
- Lose excess weight
- Control your blood pressure and cholesterol
- Don't smoke