1 in 3 Americans have prediabetes: Are you among them? Discover with this test

If you think that by the fact that you feel good, you can not be prediabetes, you are wrong. 1 in 3 Americans suffers from this disease and only 10% of them know it . Could you be between them? The "You May Have a Prediabetes" campaign, from the American Medical Association, invites you to ask yourself this question and especially to answer it by means of a simple online test that determines your risk.

"Our goal with this campaign is to help more than the 84 million Americans living with prediabetes to find out if they are prediabetic and urge them to talk to their doctor as soon as to know if they are at risk, "said Barbara L. McAneny, president of the American Medical Association (AMA)

Pre-diabetes is called when blood glucose is above normal, but not high enough to diagnose type 2 diabetes If this condition is not treated, it can progress to diabetes.

The good news is that while some prediabetes risk factors such as age or genetics, can not be controlled, many others are. exercise and improve your diet. Some studies have shown that a weight loss between 5 and 7% could prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes.

"Often, prediabetes can be reversed and type 2 diabetes avoided , losing weight, eating healthier, and doing more physical activity " explains Ann Albright, director of the Division of Applied Diabetes at CDC.

"Men and women with prediabetes can reduce their risk when they participate in a CDC-recognized national diabetes prevention program, scientifically proven programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes."

Your risk of prediabetes increases if:

• you have a family history of prediabetes.
• You are over 40 years old.
• You are overweight.
• You have had gestational diabetes or hypoglycemia. Blood during pregnancy
• You have high blood pressure.
• You are Hispanic, African American, Asian or Native American

For a more specific idea, visit this link and take the test online.

See you at the doctor who will perform the blood glucose test. If the values ​​of A1C are between 5.7 and 6.4 you are prediabetes. Another test used for diagnosis is fasting glucose . A result between and 100 mg / dl is considered prediabetes. In the case of the oral test of glucose tolerance if the result is between 140 and 199 mg / dL it is considered that you are prediabetes.

If detected early, it can often be reversed. You should only eat much healthier, exercise and manage your stress. To do this properly, it is ideal to participate in the National Diabetes Prevention Program.