1 in 3 people are pre-diabetic. Are you one of them?
What is a Pre-Diabetic?
Patients classified as pre-diabetic have blood glucose levels higher than average but not high enough to be classified as diabetic. Those who are pre-diabetic can help reduce the risk of developing diabetes by making lifestyle modifications. Snell’s Pharmacy Clinical & Diabetes Center offers a Diabetes Prevention Program for pre-diabetes patients at risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
Diabetes Lifestyle Changes
Did you know that 1 in 3 people are pre-diabetic? That means 96 million people in the United States are at risk of developing diabetes. Lifestyle modifications are crucial to prevent pre-diabetes from progressing to diabetes. These include:
- Increasing physical activity
- Eating more vegetables
- Eating less high-carb foods
- Losing weight
- Quit smoking tobacco if you are a smoker
- Switching to water as your primary beverage
- Limiting sugary drinks
- Taking vitamin D
- Adding more fiber-containing foods to your meals
You can learn more about ways to prevent diabetes by enrolling in our Diabetes Prevention Program.
Pre-Diabetics Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
If you have not yet been diagnosed with diabetes, but your doctor or pharmacist confirms that you are pre-diabetic, our Snell’s Pharmacy Shop DPP can help you navigate a healthier version of yourself. If you have any of these risk factors, you will want to enroll in Snell’s Pharmacy Shop’s Diabetes Prevention Program:
- Overweight
- Aged 45 years and older
- An immediate family member diagnosed with diabetes
- Low physical activity (less than three days a week)
- Given birth to a baby weighing over nine pounds
- African American, Hispanic/Latino American, Pacific Islander descent
DPP at Snell's Clinical and Diabetes Center
Our pre-diabetics diabetes prevention program (DPP) is a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program designed specifically to help prevent type 2 diabetes. This program is led by a trained lifestyle coach and is led over a 12-month period, beginning with 16 weekly sessions followed by monthly maintenance meetings. Although this may seem like a long commitment, gaining new and healthier habits and skills and building confidence will take time.
Participants who joined our DPP were able to:
- Lose 5-7% of their body weight
- Increase weekly exercise by 150 minutes
- Reduce the risk of developing diabetes