About Prediabetes

People with a family history of diabetes are more likely to get this condition, but many people who have no family history get diabetes, and some people with a family history of diabetes never get the disease. Being overweight is associated with diabetes, and certain stresses such as infection, some endocrine disorders, and certain medications such as steroids have been associated with high blood sugar. It is likely that people who get diabetes under these conditions were "predisposed.” Pregnancy also is sometimes associated with the development of diabetes, but often the sugar returns to normal after delivery.
You may be more likely to get diabetes if one or more of the following risk factors are true:

1. You are 45 or older
2. You are overweight
3. You eat an unhealthy diet
4. You have a parent, brother, or sister with diabetes
5. Your family background is African American, American Indian, Asian American, Pacific Islander, or Hispanic American/Latino
6. You have had gestational diabetes
7. You have birth to at least one baby weighing more than 9 pounds
8. You have high blood pressure
9. Your cholesterol levels are higher than normal
10. You don’t get enough exercise

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