SMART GOALS for Youth With Prediabetes

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children between ages 10-18 years at baseline visit
2. Children with BMI for age and sex ≥ 85th percentile at baseline visit
3. Children with hemoglobin A1c 5.7% to 6.4% at baseline visit

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children who are not able to provide assent to the study
2. Children less than 10 years in age
3. Children that are not interested in weight loss or diet and lifestyle change
4. Children with known diabetes that use medications that alter glucose or lipid metabolism such as (insulin, metformin, Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Receptor Antagonist (GLP-1 RA), Statins, Accutane).
5. Children on medications that can alter body weight (including antidepressants, steroids, stimulants).
6. Children with documented learning and/or intellectual disabilities as identified through the electronic medical record (such as cognitive disability or autism spectrum disorder)
7. Children with known psychiatric disorders disabilities as identified through the electronic medical record (e.g., schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, or psychosis
8. Children that have known medical conditions, including endocrine dysfunction, Cushing's Syndrome, or other systemic illness
9. Children with known or suspected eating disorders as identified through the electronic medical record
10. Children that have known genetic or syndromic obesity
11. Female children who are pregnant