Author: City of Berkeley; obrienh
Date: 2006-09-05

How do I find out if I am at risk for diabetes or have diabetes?

You can get a simple finger stick fasting blood test. The test will tell you the level of sugar in your blood.

DIABETES
>125 mg/dl
125 mb/dl
PRE-DIABETES
100 mg/dl
NORMAL
<100mg/dl

Want to learn more?
Call (510)-981-5332
Live Well, Be Well
Berkeley Public Health Department
1947 Center Street, 2nd Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704

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is a joint project of the Berkeley Public Health Department and the University of California, San Francisco. UCSF will be evaluating whether the program really helps people lower their risk of getting diabetes.
What do I get if I join?
Blood tests including testing for diabetes
Personal phone calls over the next 6 months for support, encouragement and motivation
Support and guidance for eating better and adding physical activity to your day
Participation in an important nationally funded study
What do I have to do?
Come for a free diabetes screening
If eligible, enroll in the free program and program evaluation
Meet with evaluation team 3 times to answer questions about your health and have blood taken.

You Can Prevent Diabetes

Eat Well and Walk More to Prevent Diabetes

(510)-981-5332
BerkeleyBeFit@ci.berkeley.ca.us

What Is Pre-Diabetes?

Pre-diabetes, also called borderline diabetes, is a condition that comes before diabetes. It means your blood glucose level is higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered diabetes.
If you have pre-diabetes, you have a high chance of getting diabetes and heart disease in the future.

The good news!
You can prevent diabetes. It is important to find out NOW if you are at risk for diabetes because
it can be prevented.

What Is Diabetes?

More than 6 million people in the United States have diabetes and do not know it. That’s because they have only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.
Diabetes is a serious disease in which the level of glucose or sugar in your blood is too high. Over time diabetes can cause serious damage to your body.

Am I at risk
for getting diabetes?

Are you...
Over 40 years old?
Overweight?
African American, Latino, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Pacific Islander or South Asian?
A woman who has had diabetes during pregnancy?
Or do you…
Have a parent or brother or sister with diabetes?
Have high cholesterol?
Have high blood pressure?
Get little or no exercise each week?

A Joint Project of
City of Berkeley, Chronic Disease Prevention Program and University of California, San Francisco

Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health

How can I reduce my risk for diabetes?
You can do a lot to lower your chances of getting diabetes.
In a recent national study people with pre-diabetes were able to prevent or delay diabetes by walking just 30 minutes a day most days of the week, and losing a little bit of weight.
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002 Feb 7.

Walking 30 minutes a day is the easiest way to help prevent diabetes. So start walking today!

For more information on how you can
prevent diabetes
Call (510)-981-5332