1. Introduction
T2D, prediabetes, Diabetes, weight loss, diabetes
DIABETES, DISEASE, PREDIABETES, DIABETES
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are 34.2 million (10.5%) Americans with diabetes, in addition to the 88 million (34.5% of the population) with prediabetes in the United States, and strongly recommends healthcare approaches to prevent diabetes (The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was seminal in demonstrating that a modest weight loss achieved through diet and exercise was superior to medication in delaying the onset of T2D (To address these barriers, several interventions have used technology to successfully adapt and deliver the DPP. Several systematic reviews have shown that technology-based resources can optimize diabetes prevention intervention to achieve clinically significant weight loss (The original diaBEAT-it study (