HOUSTON, July 24 (UPI) - Intensive lifestyle management is recommended to prevent pre-diabetes from progressing to type 2 diabetes, a U.S. group of diabetes experts said.
Pre-diabetes, a condition defined by elevated fasting glucose levels or impaired glucose tolerance, increases risk not only for developing type 2 diabetes, but cardiovascular complications.
independent of glucose control medications.

By Anna Boyd People with pre-diabetes should be treated properly and this should be done before their condition worsens and transforms into diabetes,

WASHINGTON, Jul 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) - For the first time, a consensus of diabetes and metabolic disorder experts have recommended a comprehensive treatment regimen for patients with pre-diabetes. The recommendations call for specific guidelines on both lifestyle, and pharmaceutical intervention where appropriate. The recommendations are made in a Consensus Statement released this morning by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).
Pre-diabetes is a condition defined by elevated fasting glucose levels or impaired glucose tolerance. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 56 million Americans currently have the condition, which