A prediabetes risk test is a short questionnaire that estimates your likelihood of having prediabetes based on known risk factors like age, family history, weight, physical activity, and blood pressure. It is not a medical diagnosis, but a validated screening tool used to identify people who should get a blood test. The CDC and American Diabetes Association both recommend risk-test screening as a first step.

This test uses the same core risk factors as the CDC's validated prediabetes screening tool, plus additional symptom-based questions informed by metabolic health research. It is designed to identify people at elevated risk, not to diagnose. Only a blood test, specifically an HbA1c or fasting plasma glucose test, can confirm a prediabetes diagnosis.

Scores of 0 to 4 suggest low risk. Scores of 5 to 9 suggest moderate risk, meaning you have several known risk factors and should consider talking to your doctor. A score of 10 or higher suggests high risk and a medical blood test is strongly recommended. No score on this quiz is a diagnosis.

Prediabetes often has no clear symptoms, which is why it goes undetected in most people. Some early warning signs include fatigue or brain fog after meals, strong sugar or carb cravings especially in the afternoon, feeling hungry again shortly after eating, unexplained weight gain around the midsection, and frequent thirst. These can all indicate glucose dysregulation, the metabolic pattern that leads to prediabetes.

Yes. Research from the CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program shows that prediabetes can be reversed through lifestyle changes: losing 5 to 7% of body weight if overweight, getting 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week, and improving diet quality can cut the risk of progression by more than 58%. The key is catching it early.

If your score falls in the moderate or high range, the next step is to see your doctor and ask for an HbA1c test or fasting glucose test. These simple blood tests can confirm whether you have prediabetes. In the meantime, tracking how different foods affect your energy, hunger, and cravings gives you valuable early data. GlucoSpike helps with this without needing a blood glucose monitor.

The CDC test focuses on seven demographic and medical risk factors. This test includes those same core factors and adds four symptom-based questions: post-meal fatigue, sugar cravings, rapid return of hunger, and afternoon brain fog. These reflect how your glucose may already be behaving and give a more complete picture of your metabolic health.