Is "pre-diabetes" a good thing?

Saying that 57 million Americans have pre-diabetes sounds impressive, but does it further the cause of improving diabetes care. There is some concern that telling a patient they have pre-diabetes, or "a little sugar" may be falsely reassuring. They may show up years later with complications of diabetes saying, "I thought I was O.K. because they told me it was only pre-diabetes".

This, like everything else, underscores the importance of patient education.