Prediabetes: Is It A Disease?

"If the rest of the world adopted the CDC's pre-diabetes classification, half of China would suddenly have this new medical condition.  In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service would suddenly have 500 percent more diabetes-related patients.  Yet in other countries, people at those lower hemoglobin A1c levels don't show a significant progression to diabetes at all.  If a diabetic medical condition exists only for Americans, it is not a medical condition."

" - - - in order for it to be a true medical designation, it would have to have clinical relevance."