Diabetes
Living with diabetes can be a challenge. You are a key player on your health care team when it comes to managing your diabetes. Whether you have just been told that you have diabetes or you've had the disease for years, we can help you manage your health.
This written content and videos will provide you with the information you need to know about diabetes. Talk with your diabetes educator or health care provider about your current health.
Allina Health patient education manuals
Prediabetes: Reducing Type 2 Diabetes Risk Through a Lifestyle of Good Nutrition and Activity
This comprehensive manual can help you understand what prediabetes is, if you are at risk for type 2 diabetes, and how to prevent diabetes by making small lifestyle changes.
Gestational Diabetes: When You Have Diabetes during Pregnancy
Unlike other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes lasts only as long as you are pregnant. This manual can help you understand what's happening to your body, how gestational diabetes is affecting you and your baby, and how it can be controlled.
Basic Skills for Living with Diabetes
Whether you have just been told that you have diabetes or you've had the disease for years, we can help you manage your diabetes. This manual by the Allina Diabetes Education Council includes what people with diabetes need to know.
Patient education videos
Explore the video library for trusted, easy-to-understand health and wellness education. View video library diabetes topics.
Place review each statement that you can answer "yes" to. The more items you check, the higher your risk for developing diabetes.
- I have a parent, brother or sister who has diabetes.
- My family background is American Indian, Asian American, black, Latino or Pacific Islander.
- I had diabetes when I was pregnant -or- I have given birth to at least one baby who weighed nine pounds or more.
- My blood pressure is 130/90 mm Hg or higher -or- my triglyceride level is 150 mg or higher.
- I am fairly inactive.
- I exercise fewer than three times a week.
- I am younger than 65 years old -and- I get little or no exercise during a typical day.
- I am older than 65 years old.
- I am overweight.
- My waist is more than 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men.