Prediabetes
Patients diagnosed with prediabetes have an elevated level of this.
What is blood sugar?
This hormone helps the body use blood sugar.
What is insulin?
Fried foods, white rice, saturated fats and fruit juices are examples of these
What are foods that prediabetics/diabetics need to limit?
The recommended number of days a week we should get moderate physical activity
What is 5?
The 3 common types of diabetes
What is Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational Diabetes?
Being overweight, having high blood pressure, and having a family member with type 2 diabetes are all examples of this.
What are risk factors?
This test shows your average blood sugar level over the past few months
What is an A1C test?
This food category has the most impact on blood sugar
What are carbohydrates?
We should try to avoid doing this for more than 30 minutes at a time.
What is sitting/being sedentary?
This is how much we SHOULD eat vs how much we ACTUALLY eat?
What is a serving size vs a portion size?
This many people out of 10 don't know that they have Prediabetes.
What is 9?
Insulin resistance during pregnancy
What is Gestational Diabetes?
Half of your plate should consist of these
What are non-starchy vegetables?
The recommended number of minutes of moderate physical activity that we should get each week.
What is 150 minutes?
CYL2 stands for this
What is "Change Your Lifestyle. Change Your Life"?
Your risk of developing T2 is cut in half if you lose this percentage of your starting weight
What is 5 to 7%?
This is the organ responsible for producing insulin.
What is the pancreas?
The amount of space your protein should take up on your plate
What is 1/4th?
This is being able to talk but not necessarily sing
What is the Talk Test (for MODERATE physical activity)?
This organization can help you get information about treatment of diabetes.
What is the American Diabetes Association?
This is the A1C range for people with prediabetes
What is 5.7% to 6.4%?
Times of the day when you should check your blood sugar
What is first thing in the morning, one hour before meals, or two hours after meals?
These include types like monounsaturated and polyunsaturated.
What are healthy fats?
People in weight loss programs are much more likely to lose and keep off weight if they do this
What is keeping a food log/diary?
DSMSP stands for this
What is Diabetes Self-Management Support Program?