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of Type 2 Diabetes
What does prediabetes mean? Why should you get screened?
It means your blood sugar is higher than normal Diabetes can affect every organ in your body. It
but lower than the levels of someone with is the leading cause of kidney disease, adult onset
diabetes. blindness and non-traumatic amputation.
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Making lifestyle changes is the best way to prevent type 2 diabetes
How can you get started with lifestyle changes?
Eat right
Make your plate look like this Control your portions
Vegetables
Move More
1. Get at least 150 minutes a week of exercise (i.e. Brisk walking)
2. Park further away from your destination and walk
3. Take the stairs rather than the escalator or elevator
Weigh Less
If you are overweight, by losing just 10 lbs. you can reduce your risk by 58%.
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How to be screened
There are 4 types of blood tests that your doctor might send you to the lab to get done. The first two
shown below can screen for prediabetes and diabetes and the 3rd and 4th can only screen for diabetes.
In most cases, you will require a second test on another day to confirm the diagnosis.
FPG (Fasting Plasma Glucose)
If doing this test, you must fast for at least 8 hours beforehand. Fasting means not eating any food and drinking
only water.
Normal Prediabetes
3.9 — 7.7 7.8 — 11.0
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Normal
3.9 — 11.0
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A1C
Taken any time of day without regard to when last meal was eaten. Provides an indication of your blood
sugar control over the previous 3 months.
Normal Diabetes
3.9 — 6.4 6.5 and above
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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