If you are overweight, losing a few pounds lowers your blood sugar, improves your health and helps you feel better.

If you are overweight, losing a few pounds lowers your blood sugar, improves your health, and helps you feel better. Healthy weight maintenance can also increase your insulin sensitivity, which makes managing your blood sugar easier.

If your weight is above the healthy-weight range, losing 5 to 7% of your current weight can prevent or delay development of type 2 diabetes.