Diet, exercise and weight loss are most effective for preventing pre-diabetes from becoming Type 2 diabetes.
A major study found that the combination of diet and exercise reduced the odds of pre-diabetes becoming diabetes by 58 percent, compared with 31 percent among those using the common diabetes drug metformin.
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