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preventing diabetes: exercise, weight loss and lifestyle change are keys to success
 Losing a modest amount of weight and getting regular physical activity decreases a patients risk for prediabetes. Modest weight loss means 5% to 7% of body weight, just 10 to 14 pounds for a 200-pound person. Regular physical activity means getting at least 150 minutes a week of brisk walking or similar activity. That's just 30 minutes a day, five days a week.
Find out if your patients' weight puts them at risk for type 2 diabetes by viewing the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) BMI Chart, which includes specific BMI considerations for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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health disparities: Diabetes Prevention for Underserved Populations
 Significant evidence indicates that people with health disparities have an increased risk of developing diabetes, and evidence also shows that these high-risk individuals are not adequately targeted for screening and prevention. Efforts to screen these underserved populations should be intensified so that evidence-based treatment and/or prevention strategies can be initiated.
When it is identified that a patient has prediabetes, providers and clinical staff can help underserved populations prevent the progression to a diabetes diagnosis by:
- Assessing social context, including potential food insecurity, housing stability and financial barriers.
- Making efforts to partner and support community champions who specifically target underserved populations in their geographic areas.
- Communicate opportunities for self-management support from lay coaches or community health workers when available.
- Provide educational materials developed in multiple languages and at appropriate literacy levels.
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online education: e-courses you can complete on your time
At the end of this activity, the attendees should be able to explain the 2019 ADA Nutrition Therapy Consensus Report and identify steps to increase nutrition success. This course is specifically intended for primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and other health care professionals who manage patients with diabetes, with a maximum of 0.5 credits are available.
Self-Paced E-Course: Measuring Health Disparities
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interactive course from the University of Michigan focuses on some basic issues for public health practice including how to understand, define and measure health disparity. Examining the language of health disparity, practitioners can come to some common understanding of what that term means, and also be able to explain key measures of health disparity.
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reminder: the 18th annual diabetes wellness expo is on 11/19/19
 Encourage your patients with prediabetes and diabetes to attend the 18th Annual Diabetes Wellness Expo, hosted by the Delaware Diabetes Coalition, on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Dover Downs Conference Center, 1131 N Dupont Highway, Dover, Delaware.
The purpose of the Expo is to bring together health care providers, businesses, diabetes-related organizations, and others to promote diabetes self-management and a healthier lifestyle for people with diabetes and prediabetes.
Attendees can take advantage of free diabetes information, exhibitors, giveaways, health screenings, and educational information on diabetes management, nutrition, exercise and related health issues.
Quality Insights also encourages practices to download the event flyer and post it in your office and on your patient portal to make sure all your patients with prediabetes and diabetes, and their family/caregivers, know about this great event.
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This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number NU58DP2018006563 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publication number: DEDPH-HD-101819
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