Diabetes Prevention Module Health Information on the Web

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Diabetes Prevention Module Health Information on
the Web

• Trainers
• Lauren Chesnut
• Katura Horton-Perinchief
• Katrina King
• Paris Ponder
• Kortney Zaimah

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Program Objectives

• Demonstrate using the web to find reliable health
  information
• Identify what diabetes is, components of
  a healthy diet, the importance of exercise, risk
  factors for diabetes, and the importance of
  health screening
• Be able to search for a specific health topic or
  question on the web
• Explain how to prevent diabetes

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MedlinePlus Introduction

• Provides reliable information from governmental
  agencies and non-profit health organizations
• To get to the website type everything below
• www.medlineplus.gov

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Diabetes Overview using MedlinePlus

• Click on What Is Diabetes?
• Next Diabetes Introduction- Interactive
  Tutorial
• Next Medical Encyclopedia
• Pancreas

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What is Diabetes?

• Diabetes means that you have too much glucose
  (sugar) in your blood
• Your body uses some glucose for energy, but too
  much is not good
• Glucose comes from food and your liver and
  muscles make some
• Your pancreas makes insulin which helps glucose
  get to your cell
• If you do not make enough insulin or it does not
  work, glucose stays in your blood

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Healthy Diet
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Rate Your Plate
protein
starch
vegetable
vegetable
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For A More Interactive Way of Rating Your Plate

• Click the X in the top right corner to close the
  window
• On the bottom left side of the screen click For
  Parents Kids
• Click Youth Zone
• Click Fun Games
• Click Build A Healthy Plate
• Click the square in the top right corner to
  enlarge the screen
• use arrows to move your spaceship
• use the spacebar to shoot your fork

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How to Get Back to the Nutrition Recipes Screen

• From Rate Your Plate
• Click the X in the top right corner to close
  the window
• Click the back button (arrow) at the left side of
  the screen
• Click the back button again
• You should now be at the Nutrition Recipes
  screen

• From Build A Healthy Plate
• Click the X in the top right corner to close
  the window
• Click Home on the top left side of the screen
• Click Nutrition Recipes on the left side of the
  screen

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Steps to Finding My Recipe

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Exercise
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See the Physical Activity and Diabetes
Worksheet on the last pg
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Risk Factors Screening
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Diabetes Symptoms

• Very thirsty
• Very hungry
• Have to go to the restroom a lot
• Sores or bruises that heal slowly
• Dry, itchy skin
• Unexplained weight loss
• Blurry vision that changes from day to day
• Unusual tiredness or drowsiness
• Tingling or numbness in the hands or feet
• Recurring skin, gum, bladder or vaginal yeast
  infections

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Risk Factors

• 45 years of age and older
• Overweight
• No regular exercise
• Family history of diabetes
• If you gave birth to a baby that weighed more
  than 9 pounds or you had gestational diabetes
  while you were pregnant
• If you are African American, Hispanic
  American/Latino, Native American, Asian American
  or Pacific Islander

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Screening Factors

• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• High blood glucose levels
• Smoker

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www.familydoctor.org
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Click Easy-to-Read box on the Side
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Easy-to-Read Diabetes on MedlinePlus
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Defeat Diabetes Screening Test Site
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Resources for Health Information

• American Diabetes Association- Home page
• www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
• American Association of Diabetes Health Educators
  to find a Diabetes Educator
• www.diabeteseducator.org/
• Diabetes How do I know I have it?
  http//familydoctor.org/327.xml
• Diabetes Screening Testwww.defeatdiabetes.org/scr
  eeningtest.htm
• Health information for the whole family
  www.familydoctor.org
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  International
• www.jdrf.org

• MedlinePlus Home page www.medlineplus.gov/
• MedlinePlus Diabetes page
• www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
• MedlinePlus-Diabetic Diet Page www.nlm.nih.gov/med
  lineplus/diabeticdiet.html
• Myths on Diabetes www.diabetes.org/diabetes-myths.
  jsp
• National Diabetes Information Clearing House -
  Home page www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
• Prevent Diabetes Problems Keep Your Diabetes
  Under Control http//diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pub
  s/complications_control/index.htm5
• Treatment of Diabetes www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/t
  reatments/index.htm