Almost a third of American adolescents are on the road toward diabetes, according to new data. “In 2023, an estimated 8.4 million adolescents aged 12-17 years, or 32.7% of the US adolescent population,

Nearly a third of U.S. teens are prediabetic, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In 2023, a count found that an estimated 8.4 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 – or 32.

A n estimated 1 in 3 teens and preteens, ages 12 to 17, have prediabetes, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC data means an estimated 8.4 million young people -- or 32.7% of the U.S. adolescent population -- had prediabetes in 2023, the most recent data available.