National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

July 2014

Eat Wisely—With a Focus on Diabetes:  Eat wisely to maximize your health. Eat a variety of foods including vegetables, fruits and whole grains. It is important to include fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products in your diet, and limit total salt, fat, sugar, and alcohol.

• Eat Wisely: A Healthy Living Message
• Resource Document 
• Pre-Diabetes 
• Type 2 Diabetes 

Department of Veterans Affairs Resources

• Veteran's Health Library—Diabetes Topic
• Nutrition Education—Nutrition & Food Services

Federal Government Resources
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U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
  The 7th edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans offers an evidence-based roadmap to help people make changes in eating plans to improve health. 

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

• Healthfinder.gov
  Take steps to prevent type 2 diabetes
• National Institutes of Health—Medline Plus
  • Diabetes
    Information about diabetes including an interactive tutorial.
• National Diabetes Education Program
  • National Diabetes Education Program
    For new diabetes or for those wanting to learn more about the disease, find links for fact sheets, diabetes control, diabetes prevention, resources for children and adolescents and pre-diabetes.
  • Be Aware of Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes and Take 'Just One Step' Toward Better Health (In both English & Spanish)
  • Small Steps Big Rewards
    This 1-page leaflet tells how taking small steps in preventing diabetes can help people at risk
  • The Diabetes Epidemic Among African Americans
    Diabetes information specific for African Americans
  • The Diabetes Epidemic Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
    Diabetes information specific for American Indians and Alaska Natives
  • The Diabetes Epidemic Among Hispanic and Latino Americans
    Diabetes information specific for Hispanic and Latino Americans
  • Ten Ways African American Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
    The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) is urging people at high risk for type 2 diabetes to take small steps to lower their risk for the disease and serious complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, nerve damage, and other health problems.
  • Ten Ways Hispanics/Latinos Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
    Although Hispanics/Latinos are at high risk for type 2 diabetes, there is good news. You can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes by making small lifestyle changes in diet and physical activity. 

Non-Federal Government Resources
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American Diabetes Association

• Questions to help you learn if you are at risk for type 2 diabetes
• Spanish version

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