November is American Diabetes Month

So now that turkey day is over and done with, answer these questions:

• Are you overweight?
• Exercise less than 3x per week?
• Have high blood pressure or high cholesterol?
• Have any immediate relatives with diabetes?

Today there are millions at risk for developing type-2 diabetes. Many people donÔÇÖt understand the severity of the disease which often leads to stroke, heart disease and even blindness.

You can do a lot to improve your chances of NOT getting type-2 diabetes such as monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels, exercising and being more active, eating healthy, etc.

For more info, please visit:

 

http://healthfinder.gov/nho/NovToolkit.aspx

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/consumer/prevent.htm