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Diabetes is a growing public health concern and major efforts are under way to crush diabetes before it manifests in children and adults, and to control established cases in a way that avoids the devastating consequences of diabetes. The major forms of diabetes are type 2, most often seen in obese men and women over age 40, and type 1, typically diagnosed in children. Gestational diabetes occurs in 2 to 5 percent of pregnant women, 50 percent of whom develop type 2 diabetes within 20 years of the pregnancy. Type 2 accounts for 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases.
The Diabetes Tool Kit is a teaching aid for health care professionals who work with people who have diabetes. The tool kit includes reproducible patient education handouts in English and Spanish. The handouts address managing sick days, monitoring diabetes in pregnancy, developing an exercise program, and other important topics.
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