Diabetes

Tips to help you eat fruits

 Key Consumer Message: Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.

Summary

 In general:

  • Keep a bowl of whole fruit on the table, counter, or in the refrigerator.
  • Refrigerate cut-up fruit to store for later.
  • Buy fresh fruits in season when they may be less expensive and at their peak flavor.
  • Buy fruits that are dried, frozen, and canned (in water or 100% juice) as well as fresh, so that you always have a supply on hand.
  • Consider convenience when shopping. Try pre-cut packages of fruit (such as melon or pineapple chunks) for a healthy snack in seconds. Choose packaged fruits that do not have added sugars. (Read more)

 

Author

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Tips to help you eat vegetables

 In general:

Summary

 Key Consumer Message: Make half your plate fruits and vegetables. 

Author

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Tips to help you eat whole grains

 At Meals:

Summary

 Key Consumer Message: Make at least half your grains whole grains. 

Author

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Healthy Vending Guide

 Why promote healthy vending options? (Read more) 

Summary

 You and your organization can play an important role in supporting healthy eating habits by making healthy vending options available and attractive to children, youth and adults. This guide will help you choose healthier products by providing: Healthy vending guidelines for food and beverage products, Sample policies to support and sustain healthy vending,  Marketing strategies to promote healthy options. 

Author

http://www.nemours.org

Rethink Your Drink

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Summary

 When it comes to weight loss, there's no lack of diets promising fast results. There are low-carb diets, high-carb diets, low-fat diets, grapefruit diets, cabbage soup diets, and blood type diets, to name a few. But no matter what diet you may try, to lose weight, you must take in fewer calories than your body uses. Most people try to reduce their calorie intake by focusing on food, but another way to cut calories may be to think about what you drink. 

Author

http://www.cdc.gov/

COPD Population ScreenerTM (COPD-PS)

This screener is useful for determining if there are any illnesses that you should be aware of.

Summary

Take this questionaire concerning your health.

Author

erios

COPD Population ScreenerTM (COPD-PS)

Para contestar la encuesta, marque con una X la casilla que describa mejor su respuesta a cadauna de las preguntas a continuación.

Summary

En esta encuesta se le hacen preguntas sobre usted, su respiración y su capacidad para realizar algunas actividades.

Author

Elena Rios

La diabetes y el embarazo La diabetes gestacional

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Summary

La diabetes gestacional es un tipo de diabetes que afecta a las mujeres durante el embarazo. Si usted tiene diabetes, su cuerpo no puede utilizar los azúcares y almidones (carbohidratos) que toma de los alimentos para producir energía. Debido a esto, su cuerpo acumula azúcar adicional en la sangre.

Author

http://www.cdc.gov/

Antecedentes familiares, diabetes, factores demográficos y de riesgo en los participantes de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud

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Summary

 Tener antecedentes familiares de diabetes constituye un factor de riesgo importante de desarrollar esta enfermedad. Los antecedentes médicos familiares brindan información genómica muy valiosa, ya que permiten caracterizar la interacción combinada de los factores ambientales, genéticos y conductuales. Este estudio analizó el peso y el efecto de los antecedentes familiares de diabetes en la prevalencia autoinformada de la misma entre los adultos que participaron en la Encuesta Nacional sobre Salud y Nutrición 1999–2002 y a quienes ya se les había diagnosticado la enfermedad.

Author

Ann M. Annis, RN, MPH, Mark S. Caulder, MS, MPH, Michelle L. Cook, MPH, Debra Duquette, MS, CGC