A slideshow that can be used in Diabetes Prevention Toolkit

1. Type 2 Diabetes Prevention
What Type 2 Diabetes is, How to Prevent it, and
Why Prevention is Important

2. What is Diabetes?
A medical condition in
which the body cannot
control blood sugar
effectively

3. Type 2 Diabetes
Insulin is the hormone that your body
produces to control blood sugar. Type 2
diabetes occurs your body doesn’t use insulin
well and can’t keep blood sugar at normal
levels. It has been estimated that about 90%
of people with diabetes have type 2. Type 2
diabetes is not something that occurs
overnight; it takes time to develop, sometimes
over many years.
CDC. (2019). About diabetes. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/diabetes.html

4. Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes
• Urinate (pee) a lot, often at night
• Are very thirsty
• Lose weight without trying
• Are very hungry
• Have blurry vision
• Have numb or tingling hands or feet
• Feel very tired
• Have very dry skin
• Have sores that heal slowly
• Have more infections than usual
CDC. (2019). Symptoms. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/symptoms.html

5. Risk Factors of Type 2 Diabetes
• Having prediabetes
• Being overweight
• Being age 45 or older
• Having a parent, brother, or sister with type 2 diabetes
• Being physical active less than 3 times a week
• Past diagnosis of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) or
if you have given birth to a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds
• Being of African American, Hispanic/Latino American, American
Indian, Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, or Asian Americans descent
CDC. (2019). Who’s at risk? Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/risk-factors.html

6. What is Prediabetes?
Prediabetes is a serious health
condition where blood sugar levels
are higher than normal, but not
high enough yet to be diagnosed as
type 2 diabetes. It has been found
that approximately 84 million
American adults—more than 1 out
of 3—have prediabetes. Of those
with prediabetes, 90% don’t know
they have it.
CDC. (2019). Prediabetes: You chance to prevent type 2 diabetes. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/prediabetes.html

7. What Causes Prediabetes?
Insulin is a hormone made by your
pancreas that acts like a key to let blood
sugar into cells for use as energy. If you
have prediabetes, the cells in your body
don’t respond normally to insulin. Your
pancreas makes more insulin to try to get
cells to respond. Eventually your pancreas
can’t keep up, and your blood sugar rises,
setting the stage for prediabetes—and
type 2 diabetes down the road.
CDC. (2019). Prediabetes: You chance to prevent type 2 diabetes. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/prediabetes.html

8. Risk Factors of Prediabetes
• Being overweight
• Being age 45 or older
• Having a parent, brother, or sister with type 2 diabetes
• Being physical active less than 3 times a week
• Past diagnosis of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) or
if you have given birth to a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds
• Being of African American, Hispanic/Latino American, American
Indian, Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, or Asian Americans descent
CDC. (2019). Who’s at risk? Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/risk-factors.html

9. How to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
The good news is that type 2 diabetes is preventable! Lifestyle changes
are the best way to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Getting regular physical -
meaning getting at least 150
minutes a week of brisk
walking or a similar activity.
That’s just 30 minutes a day,
five days a week.
Losing 5% to 7% of your body
weight (just 10 to 14 pounds for
a 200-pound person) if you’re
overweight will lower your risk
of developing diabetes by 58%
CDC. (2019). Diabetes and Prediabetes. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/diabetes-prediabetes.htm
John Hopkins Medicine. (n.d.). Diabetes. Retrieved from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/digestive_weight_loss_center/conditions/diabetes.html

10. Why Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Having diabetes increases one’s risk for heart disease and stroke and can
lead to other serious complications, such as kidney failure, blindness,
and amputation of a toe, foot, or leg.
People with diabetes spend more money and time on health care, have
fewer productive years, and miss more work days compared to people
who don’t have diabetes.
Fact: In 2017, the total estimated cost of diagnosed diabetes was $327 billion,
including $237 billion in direct medical costs and $90 billion in reduced productivity.
CDC. (2019). Diabetes and Prediabetes. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/diabetes-prediabetes.htm

11. What Can You Do?
• Maintain a healthy weight
• Exercise regularly
• Monitor and control your blood
pressure
• Limit sugary food and beverages
• Know the risk factors and
symptoms
• Get your A1C (blood sugar levels)
tested

12. Diabetes Resources
Action for Healthy Kid
https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/nutrition-toolkit/
American Diabetes Association
https://www.diabetes.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – National Diabetes
Prevention Program
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention/index.html

14. References
• CDC. (2019). About diabetes. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/diabetes.html
• CDC. (2019). Diabetes and Prediabetes. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/diabetes-
prediabetes.htm
• CDC. (2019). Prediabetes: You chance to prevent type 2 diabetes. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/prediabetes.html
• CDC. (2019). Symptoms. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/symptoms.html
• CDC. (2019). Who’s at risk? Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/risk-
factors.html
• John Hopkins Medicine. (n.d.). Diabetes. Retrieved from
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/digestive_weight_loss_center/conditions/diabetes.html