Diabetes Awareness Month

Diabetes Awareness Month focuses on increasing public understanding of diabetes, promoting prevention of type 2 diabetes, encouraging early diagnosis, and supporting people living with diabetes. The observance highlights the importance of healthy lifestyles, equitable access to care, self-management, and reducing the long-term complications associated with the disease.

Key Priorities

• Early detection and diagnosis
• Prevention of type 2 diabetes
• Blood glucose monitoring and control
• Healthy nutrition and physical activity
• Access to affordable diabetes care and medications
• Prevention of complications affecting the heart, kidneys, eyes, and nerves
• Patient education and self-management
• Addressing health inequities in diabetes care

Key Concepts

• Blood glucose regulation
• Insulin and insulin resistance
• Type 1 diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes
• Gestational diabetes
• Prediabetes
• Lifestyle modification
• Healthy eating
• Physical activity
• Continuous glucose monitoring
• Diabetes complications
• Patient empowerment
• Long-term disease management