More than 50 Ways to Prevent Diabetes

Small Steps for Big Rewards!

Reduce Portion Sizes

• Less on Your Plate, Nate.
• Keep meat, poultry and fish portions to about 3 ounces (about the size of a deck of cards).
• Try not to snack while cooking or cleaning the kitchen.
• Photo of shrimp dishTry to eat meals and snacks at regular times every day.
• Make sure you eat breakfast everyday.
• Use broth and cured meats (smoked turkey and turkey bacon) in small amounts. They are high in sodium. Low sodium broths are available in cans and in powdered form.
• Share a single dessert.
• When eating out, have a big vegetable salad, then split an entrée with a friend or have the other half wrapped to go.

Preventing Diabetes: Questions for the doctor

Diabetes is a disease. When you have diabetes, there is too much sugar or glucose in your blood.

There is more than one type of diabetes, but type 2 diabetes is the most common form of the disease. People who are overweight and inactive are more likely to get type 2 diabetes. Talk to your doctor about how you can prevent type 2 diabetes.
What do I ask the doctor?

Visiting the doctor can be stressful. It helps to have questions written down before your appointment. Print out this list of questions, and take it with you the next time you visit the doctor.

• Am I at risk for type 2 diabetes?
• Does my weight put me at risk for diabetes?