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Diabetes Prevention Plan
Read the National Plan for Action for the prevention of diabetes provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services System.
http://www.aspe.hhs.gov/health/NDAP/NDAP04.pdf

Eat Healthier
Get the diabetes news and the recipe of the day or a cookbook to help you and your patients eat healthier.
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

Nutrition & Health
Here’s your link to nutrition and health.
http://www.eatright.org/Public/

Helpful Hints for Planning Activities
Follow this link for a wealth of free information for you, your family, and your patients, provided by the National Diabetes Education Program. Includes helpful hints for planning activities.
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/index.htm

Diabetes Care & Education
Click here for diabetes care and education from the dietetic practice group of the American Dietetic Association.
http://www.dce.org/

Diabetes Interactive Tutorial
Follow this link to a great interactive tutorial about diabetes, includes a Spanish version.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/diabetesintroduction/htm/index.htm

Financial Options for Diabetes Care
If you or your patients need help financially for diabetes care, this link is for you. Provides several options to obtain assistance.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/financialhelp/index.htm

Creative Prevention Campaigns
Your patients (and you) will enjoy these creative looks at preventing diabetes. For motivation on eating right, moving more, and other healthy lifestyles, click here and then on the little TV screen ads in the right-hand column. We like the “Chin.”
http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/healthy_lifestyles/

Reports, News, Events
Click here for activities, reports, news, and events pertaining to diabetes.
http://www.who.int/topics/diabetes_mellitus/en/

Find Local Diabetes Educator
Find a local diabetes educator for diabetes-related concerns and questions.
http://www.aadenet.org/

BRFSS
Get local, state, and national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) stats and facts.
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

Preventive Services
Find out what community preventive services and interventions really work. Includes research reports, publications, and additional resources for diabetes prevention.
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/

Creating a Prevention-Friendly work setting
Keeping employees healthy is good business. Click here for help on creating a prevention-friendly work setting and on actions you can take now to help prevent diabetes and its complications at work.
http://www.diabetesatwork.org/

Diabetes Management
Watch dLife for Your Diabetes Life! Click here to access information and tools to help you, your patient, or a loved one manage their diabetes and prevent complications.
http://www.dlife.com/dLife/

Action Steps to Prevent or Delay Diabetes
Go here for many small action steps that you or others – children, teens, adults – can take now to prevent or delay diabetes.
http://www.smallstep.gov/

Small Steps - Big Rewards
Does anyone you know need to lose pounds to get to their right weight? Marcia Potts wanted health and diabetes prevention. She lost 180 pounds by eating healthfully, moving more, and by taking action to get her numbers to where they should be. Follow this link to read her story. Also includes an Activity Tracker from Small Steps, Big Rewards, a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services System.
http://www.smallstep.gov/index.html

Prevention Messages, Products & Activities
For help identifying opportunities to incorporate diabetes prevention messages, products, and activities into your programs and services, visit this website and subscribe to the NDEP News & Notes monthly e-newsletter of the National Diabetes Education Program.
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/index.htm

Prevention Tips
Click here for tips for preventing diabetes in high risk populations.
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/campaigns/tools.htm#article