AACE consensus conference brings attention to prediabetes.

The article relates the recommendation by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and the American College of Endocrinology for a comprehensive treatment regimen for patients with prediabetes. The recommendations include an intensive lifestyle management program to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes. The group also suggest that medications may be required for people with near diabetic levels of blood sugar, hypertension and abnormal lipid profiles.