Power to Prevent - National Diabetes Education Program - National ...
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List answers on a fipchart, and make sure that the following items are mentioned:<br />
Blindness<br />
Kidney damage<br />
Nerve damage<br />
Foot problems<br />
Heart and blood vessel disease, including stroke<br />
Periodontal (gum) disease<br />
Foot problems and amputations<br />
NOTE: If you are conducting Session 6 in a single 90-minute meeting, skip ahead NOW <strong>to</strong> Part 2 Learning<br />
Objectives (session 6, page 9). Save the Review of Discussion Points, Pledge, Affrmation, and Preparation and<br />
Reminders for the Next Session until the end. If you are conducting Session 6 in three 60-minute sessions,<br />
proceed through this lesson plan as written.<br />
Say: “Who can share some tips on preventing diabetes?”<br />
List answers on a fipchart, and make sure that the following items are mentioned:<br />
Involve the whole family in fun daily physical activities such as walking, dancing, basketball,<br />
skating, hiking, swimming, soccer, tennis, and volleyball.<br />
Involve all family members in preparing healthful meals and snacks.<br />
Eat foods that are lower in fat and higher in fber.<br />
Lose weight if you are overweight, or maintain your weight if you are at a healthy body weight.<br />
Say: “Who can share some tips on controlling diabetes?”<br />
List answers on a fipchart, and make sure that the following items are mentioned:<br />
If you have diabetes, keep your blood glucose (sugar) levels as close <strong>to</strong> normal as possible. (This<br />
point is discussed in more detail in Session 6: <strong>Diabetes</strong> Overview, Part 2—Learn Your ABCs.)<br />
Take medications as prescribed by your health care provider.<br />
Check your blood glucose (sugar) values as advised by your health care provider.<br />
Healthy eating and physical activity can help keep diabetes under control.<br />
Activity<br />
Take a 5- <strong>to</strong> 0-minute break for physical activity (e.g., walk around the building, down<br />
the hall and back, or in a circle in the room). Try <strong>to</strong> move <strong>to</strong> music, if available.<br />
Review of Discussion Points<br />
Say: “Today we learned a lot of facts about diabetes. Let’s take something that we learned and make a<br />
pledge about food or activity that we can keep during the coming week.”<br />
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