November Is Diabetes Awareness Month!

NOVEMBER IS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH!

• More than 30 million Americans are living with diabetes and 84 million are at risk, totaling nearly half of the U.S. adult population.
• This year’s National Diabetes Month is focused on gestational diabetes. -Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy.
• Gestational diabetes is common and occurs in 10% of all pregnant women.
• In the majority of cases, gestational diabetes resolves after the baby is born.
• Even if diabetes resolves after pregnancy, you have a greater chance of getting diabetes. In fact, 50 % of women are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
• Your child from that pregnancy is at future risk for type 2 diabetes and obesity.
• If you’ve had gestational diabetes, you should get tested for type 2 diabetes within 12 weeks after your baby is born. If the test is normal, get tested every 3 years. 
• You should develop healthy eating habits and lifestyle changes that promote increased physical activity and weight loss to prevent type 2 diabetes.

DISCLAIMER: THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE GENERAL EDUCATION FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL OR HEALTH CARE ADVICE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AND SERVICE.