Diabetes Information for People at-risk

Risk Factors

• People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose (IFG);
• People over age 45;
• People with a family history of diabetes;
• People who are overweight;
• People who do not exercise regularly;
• People with low HDL cholesterol or high triglycerides, high blood pressure;
• Certain racial and ethnic groups (e.g., Non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and American Indians and Alaska Natives);
• Women who had gestational diabetes, or who have had a baby weighing 9 pounds or more at birth.

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Or people diagnosed with pre-diabetes (more)

What you should do

• Get tested for diabetes regularly;
• Enroll in a Diabetes Prevention Program at the Greater Providence YMCA; (more)
• If you smoke or use tobacco quit; (more)
• Increase your level of physical activity; (more)
• Follow a low-fat meal plan and maintain a healthy weight; (more)
• Get a flu shot (more)
• Get a pneumonia shot.