The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) has revised its "Guiding Principles" for management of diabetes and prediabetes. Supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDKK) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), though not official guidelines, it emphasizes the importance of diabetes self-management education and support, and of providing patient-centered care using shared decision-making and individualized care and include 10 guiding principles. A new guiding principle 6 “Address Overweight and Obesity in the Management of Diabetes” has been also added to the existing guiding principles.