Medical Xpress January 3, 2025
About 1 in 3 adults in the United States have prediabetes, a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
Affecting 98 million adults, prediabetes can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. While it can be reversed, 8 in 10 adults are unaware that they even have prediabetes.
To counter this growing problem, the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010 to offer an effective way to help prevent type 2 diabetes.
This national effort brought together private insurers, health care organizations, employers, community organizations, and government agencies.
Although cost-effectiveness evaluations of the program have...
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