More than a million people should be offered lifestyle tips as a way to avoid type 2 diabetes

People at the highest risk of type 2 diabetes should be given intensive exercise and weight loss help by the NHS, NICE has recommended. NICE has identified 1.7 million people as having the highest risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is based upon them having a fasting glucose between 6.5-6.9mmol/l. When the body is in a state of fasting it starts to produce glucose. It then uses insulin to control the glucose levels. People who are diabetic do not produce insulin, or their body does not respond to it. This means their glucose level remains high. A fasting glucose