Question

prediabetes is a stage between not having diabetes and having type 2 diabetes. you have prediabetes when your blood sugars are above normal, but not so high as to meet the diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes. one in three people with prediabetes will go on to develop type 2 diabetes; however, with the correct lifestyle changes, including exercise, weight loss, a healthy diet, and the correct medications, the odds decrease so that only one in nine prediabetic people develop type 2 diabetes. in some cases, your blood sugar levels can return to normal.

• \what is type 2 diabetes?\

university of california, san francisco
which statement best summarizes the passage?
without correct lifestyle changes, prediabetic people will become diabetic.
with correct lifestyle changes, a prediabetic person will not become diabetic.
even with correct lifestyle changes, prediabetic people will become diabetic.
with correct lifestyle changes, a prediabetic person decreases the risk of becoming diabetic.

Explanation:

The passage states that one - third of prediabetic people develop type 2 diabetes without lifestyle changes. With lifestyle changes (exercise, weight loss, healthy diet, correct medications), the risk decreases (only one - ninth develop diabetes). So it's about reducing the risk, not eliminating it (as in "will not become diabetic" which is too absolute) or saying they will become diabetic with lifestyle changes.

Answer:

With correct lifestyle changes, a prediabetic person decreases the risk of becoming diabetic.