18.5% of Healthy-Weight Adults Had Pre-Diabetes in 2012

The Annals of Family Medicine recently released a study on the correlation between pre-diabetes and abdominal obesity. Here are some key findings from the report:

·         18.5% of healthy-weight adults had pre-diabetes in 2012.

·         The prevalence of prediabetes among healthy-weight adults was 10.2% in 1988-1994.

·         Among those aged 45+, the prevalence of prediabetes increased from 22.0% in 1994 to 33.1% in 2012.

·         7.6% of adults had an unhealthy waist circumference in 2012, up from 5.6% in 1988-1994.

·         1 in 3 adults had an unhealthy weight-height ratio in 2012, versus 27.2% in 1988-1994.

·         The mean BMI for individuals without prediabetes was 22.2, and 22.6 for those with prediabetes.

Source: Annals of Family Medicine, July 2016