To help stem the diabetes epidemic, the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) has launched the "Small Steps. Big Rewards. Prevent type 2 Diabetes" campaign -a major national diabetes prevention effort. Based on the highly successful Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), the campaign encourages people with pre-diabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes, to make modest lifestyle changes that could delay and possibly prevent the onset of the disease.
By losing 5 to 7 percent of their body weight and getting 150 minutes of physical activity a week, people with pre-diabetes can cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more than half. That's a weight loss of about 10 to 15 pounds in a 200-pound person and walking 30 minutes 5 days a week!
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