Understand prediabetes. Then decide what to do next.
Plain-language guides built around primary public-health sources. The goal is to make the evidence understandable and practical across different cultures and everyday food patterns without turning general information into personal medical advice.
Understand prediabetes
What Is Prediabetes? A1C, Fasting Glucose, and What to Do Next
A plain-language guide to prediabetes blood-test ranges, what the result means, and practical next questions to discuss with a clinician.
Read guidePrediabetes A1C Range: What 5.7%–6.4% Means
Understand the A1C prediabetes range, why a single number is not the whole story, and when repeat testing may be needed.
Read guideWhy 5–7% Weight Loss and 150 Minutes a Week Matter for Prediabetes
Where the familiar 5–7% weight-loss and 150-minutes-per-week goals come from, what the evidence actually says, and how to make the targets practical.
Read guidePrediabetes Symptoms: Why Most People Feel Normal
Prediabetes usually has no clear symptoms. Learn why blood testing matters, what a normal-feeling day does and does not tell you, and when to speak with a clinician.
Read guideCan Prediabetes Return to the Normal Range? What “Reversal” Really Means
Prediabetes can sometimes return to a normal glucose range. Learn what that means, what it does not guarantee, and why continued follow-up still matters.
Read guideHow Often Should A1C Be Checked With Prediabetes?
NIDDK generally recommends yearly diabetes testing after a prediabetes diagnosis, but some people may need earlier follow-up based on their results and health context.
Read guideWhat Causes Prediabetes? Insulin Resistance and Risk Factors Explained
Learn how insulin resistance can raise blood glucose, which risk factors are associated with prediabetes, and which factors you may be able to change.
Read guideWhat to Do in the First 30 Days After a Prediabetes Diagnosis
A practical first-month checklist after a prediabetes result: understand the test, confirm follow-up, choose sustainable activity and food changes, and avoid all-or-nothing plans.
Read guideFood guides for real-world meals
There is no single prediabetes diet. These guides apply the same evidence-aligned principles to everyday U.S. meals, South Asian foods, and a cuisine-neutral plate method that can be adapted to familiar cultural meals.
Prediabetes Food Guide for Indian and South Asian Meals
A practical way to apply diabetes-prevention meal principles to rice, roti, dal, curries, restaurant meals, sweets, and everyday South Asian food without banning familiar foods.
Read guidePrediabetes Food Guide: Build a Balanced Plate in Any Cuisine
A cuisine-neutral way to build balanced meals for prediabetes using vegetables, protein, deliberate carbohydrate portions, and minimally processed foods.
Read guidePrediabetes Food Guide for Everyday U.S. Meals
Practical ways to apply balanced-plate principles to common U.S. breakfasts, sandwiches, takeout, restaurant portions, snacks, and grocery foods.
Read guideHow we use evidence
We prioritize primary sources such as CDC, USDA, WHO, and NIH/NIDDK for diagnostic ranges, prevention evidence, nutrition principles, and public-health guidance. Each guide shows its sources and publication/update date.
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