Diabetes - a diagnosis of diabetes can be an opportunity to get healthy

Around 700,000 Australians have been diagnosed as diabetic, and about the same number again are unaware that they have diabetes. About 85% of those diagnoses involve type 2 diabetes - a condition that is largely preventable and manageable.

Risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes include being overweight, having high blodd pressure and cholesterol, being physically inactive, increasing age, having a family history of diabetes, and having gestational diabetes during pregnancy. People from some ethnic backgrounds are also at greater risk.

If are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you can reduce its impact. A diagnosis can be an opportunity to improve your health through diet and lifestyle. So if you have been diagnosed, what can you do?

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