 The prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in the District of Swat, Pakistan was estimated to be 9.52% and 21.4% respectively. Risk factors such as higher age, urbanization, family history of diabetes, weight, exercise, hypertension, monthly income and education were identified as being significantly associated with both conditions. This article was authored by Sohail Akhtar, Syed Wadud Ali Shah, Salim Javed and others.