Has your primary care provider told you that your fasting glucose or A1c blood test is higher than normal? Fasting: 100-125 mg/dL or A1c: 5.7-6.4%
Have you heard the word prediabetes? Prediabetes means that your blood glucose (sugar) level is higher than normal however not yet high enough to be classified as Type 2 diabetes. Without intervention, prediabetes is likely to become Type 2 diabetes in 10 years or less.
Our PreventT2 Lifestyle Change Program is a partnership of public and private organizations working to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes. Partnerships within Muscatine County make it easier for people at risk for Type 2 diabetes to participate in evidence-based lifestyle change programs to reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes.
This lifestyle change program is proven to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes. Participants who lost 5-7% of their body weight and added 150 minutes of exercise per week cut their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by up to 58% (71% for people over 60 years old).
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According to Healthy People 2030, more than 30 million people in the United States have diabetes, and it’s the 7th leading cause of death. Often individuals with diabetes do not know they have it which can negatively impact additional health outcomes.
Between 2017-2019 there was an annual average age-adjusted diabetes mortality rate of 51.2% deaths per 100,000 population in Muscatine County. Considerably higher in Muscatine County compared to Iowa at 21.6% and the U.S. at 21.5%.
• 11.2% of Muscatine County adults report having been diagnosed with diabetes.
• 10.3% of the Total Area adults have been diagnosed with “prediabetes”.
[Source: 2022-2024 Muscatine County Health Improvement Plan]
CDC Prediabetes-Risk-Test (pdf)
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