A View of T2
A condition where an individual's blood sugar is too high.
What is Diabetes?
The CDC recommends lowering your weight by this range of percents to reduce your risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
What is 5-7%
These foods are manipulated from their original state, often removing important nutrients while introducing added salt, sugar and fat.
What are processed foods?
The type of unit measures energy from food.
The recommended amount of time spent active per week recommended by the CDC that is research proven to lower an individual's risk for developing T2.
What is 150 minutes?
A condition where an individual has higher than usual blood sugar levels, but is not within the diabetic range.
What is Prediabetes?
This method of measuring height and weight does NOT take body composition into account.
What is BMI (Body Mass Index)?
According to the Diabetes Plate Method, this food group should make up half your plate.
What are (non-starchy) vegetables?
This hormone helps to regulate a person's blood sugar levels.
What is insulin?
A method to measure moderate activity, in which you can have a conversation but not sing.
What is the Talk Test?
More than 1 in __ American adults have prediabetes.
What is 3? (1/3)
These parts of your body are 18% more dense than fat.
What are muscles?
Bread, cereal, rice, pasta, and potatoes all fall into this food group.
What are carbohydrates?
This test is used to measure a person's average blood sugar levels over the past 3 months.
What is (Hb)A1c?
These short-hand terms are used to describe patterns of activity, especially related to strength training.
What are sets and reps?
Being prediatbetic also increases your risk for this major health risk.
What is... heart disease or stroke?
The recommended general range for reasonable and safe weightloss goals is __ to __ number of lbs lost per week.
What is 1-2 lbs/week?
A category of food products that include vitamins and minerals.
What are micronutrients?
This steroid hormone is produced by our bodies in response to stressful situations and can greatly impact our body's processing of food as well as our overall body composition.
What is cortisol?
The level of frequency for recommended movement breaks.
(# of minutes every x minutes)
What is a 2-minute break every 30 minutes?
Name some of the major risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes.
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What are...
-weight
-limited physical activity (less than 3x a week)
-genetics
-race/ethnicity
-age (45+)
-having gestational diabetes during pregnancy
Name as many benefits of losing weight as you can!
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What are...?
This % provided on nutrition labels shares the recommended amount of macro nutrients within a food.
What is Daily Value (%DV)?
This term refers to the energy your body needs to perform daily functions.
What is basal metabolic rate (BMR)?
Name as many different types of cardio/aerobic exercises as you can!
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What are...?