Prediabetes is a condition people get before they are diagnosed with diabetes. Prediabetes is characterized by blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

Only a doctor can determine if you have prediabetes. A simple blood test will determine if you are at risk. Contact your doctor today to learn more. You can find out if you’re at risk for prediabetes by taking the online risk test at www.doihaveprediabetes.org.

If you fall into three or more of the following categories, you may be at risk for prediabetes or diabetes.

• Blood pressure of 140/90 or higher
• Above-normal cholesterol levels
• Inactive lifestyle (exercising less than 2x/week)
• Family history of diabetes
• History of gestational diabetes
• Obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)
• Aged 45 years or older

About 86 million American adults—more than 1 out of 3—have prediabetes.

Yes. It is estimated that 9 out of 10 people with prediabetes do not know they have it. People with prediabetes often don’t have or notice any symptoms. It is important for those at risk to regularly monitor their health with their doctor and seek lifestyle changes to maintain health.

Often there are no symptoms associated with prediabetes. Possible symptoms of prediabetes include unusual thirst, a frequent desire to urinate, blurred vision, or fatigue.

Yes! The good news is that prediabetes can be reversed. The sooner a person is diagnosed and takes action, the more likely they’ll be able to reverse it and prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.

When a person has prediabetes, they’re on the path to developing type 2 diabetes, and are also at increased risk for serious health problems such as stroke and heart attack.

There are prediabetes classes available throughout Utah that can help you make healthy lifestyle changes and lower your risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Search for the National Diabetes Prevention Program!

Please review the 2015 Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program (DPRP) Standards Data Submission FAQ (PDF) for answers to many of your questions. DPRP_Data_Webinar_FAQs11-2015.pdf If you have additional questions or comments, please email dprpAsk@cdc.gov

The National DPP prediabetes classes are intended for adults 18 years and older. If your child attends with you, it’s not recommended that they get weighed in or provide any personal information to the lifestyle coach. Data for youth are not sent on to the CDC DPRP.

Any participant who attended their first session in the effective year, is eligible, attended four or more sessions; and in this case, adheres to the weekly session requirement in the first 16 weeks, will be included for analysis. If you have additional questions or comments, please email dprpAsk@cdc.gov.

CDC strongly recommends that delivery organizations schedule make-up sessions on different days than class days so that participants only attend one session per day. Only one session per day per participant will be evaluated by CDC for recognition purposes, so if there are multiple sessions in one day, they won’t all be reflected in your organization’s evaluation. For the convenience of the lifestyle coach and participants, make-up sessions can be held over the phone. In this situation, weight and physical activity minutes can be self-reported. If you have additional questions or comments, please email dprpAsk@cdc.gov.

If your organization has a participant who is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes during the yearlong class, they will need to drop out and seek diabetes self-management education and you wouldn't send their class data to the CDC's recognition program (DPRP).

Yes, some of the HSA companies will allow it, but there are certain steps that need to be followed. Contact your HSA to find out if they allow it, and the guidelines for reimbursement.

As outlined in the Standards, recognition status will be assessed 24 months after the organization’s effective date. An organization will receive full recognition status if it has demonstrated program effectiveness by achieving all of the remaining seven requirements. These recognition requirements will be assessed based on data from all of the lifestyle interventions (each having a duration of 1 year) that were delivered in their entirety by the organization during the 24-month period. If after 24 months the organization has not achieved all of the requirements for full recognition, it will continue in pending recognition status for an additional 12 months. During this period, DPRP will provide technical assistance to the organization to help it achieve full recognition. A 36-month evaluation will be performed, based on data from participants who attended their first session at least one year but not more than 2 years before the submission due date. If the organization is not successful in achieving full recognition at the end of this period (36 months after its effective date), it will lose recognition and must wait 12 months before reapplying for recognition. Fully recognized organizations will continue to submit evaluation data every 12 months and will be re-evaluated every 12 months based on data from participants who attended their first session at least one year but not more than 2 years before the submission due date), but will not need to reapply for recognition. Organizations failing to meet of the requirements for full recognition for two consecutive years will lose recognition and must wait 12 months before reapplying for recognition.

You may record the physical activity minutes for the previous week only. If the participant didn't have any PA minutes during the that previous week, then you may take the week before.