Diabetes Prevention

Diabetes Prevention

Get smart about risks and diabetes prevention.

Diabetes prevention is crucial for building healthier communities and reducing the burden of chronic disease. Preventing diabetes improves an individual’s wellbeing, reduces health care costs, and lessens the strain on medical resources.  

National Diabetes Prevention Program

Without active intervention through lifestyle changes, including alterations to exercise and nutrition, prediabetes often progresses to type 2 diabetes.  
By promoting education, early screening, and lifestyle changes, we can empower people to improve their health and prevent complications like heart disease, kidney failure, and vision loss. Investing in prevention today leads to stronger, healthier communities for the future. Early intervention is the first step on a path to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. Learn more about the National DPP

Organizations Can Help Prevent Diabetes and Build Healthier Communities

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) works to prevent diabetes by connecting at-risk individuals to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-recognized National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change programs uniting public and private organizations to drive nationwide type 2 diabetes prevention efforts. Learn how organizations can help

Need reasons to quit?

Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches your organs and can cause high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol, heart attacks and strokes. 

High blood pressure

If you have high blood pressure, you're not alone; it affects nearly one in three American adults. You may need medication to get it under control. 

The diabetes-cancer link

Researchers are exploring the link between type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. The two share some risk factors, such as age, gender and ethnicity, and lifestyle factors. We're here to help 
Source: https://diabetes.org/about-diabetes/diabetes-prevention