{"id":234615,"date":"2026-04-04T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/goodbye-prediabetes-hello-type-2-diabetes-stages"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:03:12","slug":"goodbye-prediabetes-hello-type-2-diabetes-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/goodbye-prediabetes-hello-type-2-diabetes-stages","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye, Prediabetes, Hello, Type 2 Diabetes Stages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/goodbye-prediabetes-hello-type-2-diabetes-stages2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The concept of \u201cprediabetes\u201d may be on its way out. Some experts are proposing a shift to staging type 2 diabetes instead, arguing that the current label can be misleading and may delay more proactive treatment. A stage-based approach could better reflect disease progression and encourage earlier intervention.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Leaders in the diabetes field are proposing eliminating the prediabetes label in favor of type 2 diabetes stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of \u201cprediabetes\u201d may be on its way out. Some experts are proposing a shift to staging type 2 diabetes instead, arguing that the current label can be misleading and may delay more proactive treatment. A stage-based approach could better reflect disease progression and encourage earlier intervention. Leaders in the diabetes field are proposing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}