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Publication #FCS8578

Healthy Living for Elders: What Do You Know About Diabetes? (activity sheet)1

Linda B. Bobroff2

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3. People with diabetes should have an _ _ _ exam once a year.

4. It is important to see a _ _ _ _ _ _ if you have any warning signs of diabetes.

5. People with diabetes have a high risk for _ _ _ _ _ disease and kidney disease.

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1. Since stress can cause blood sugar to rise, it is important to take time to _ _ _ _ _.

2. Your _ _ _ _ need to be examined every day for blisters, sores, or cuts.

3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like walking or biking can help regulate blood sugar.

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Across: 3.Eye 4.Doctor 5.Heart

Down: 1.Relax 2 Feet 3. Exercise

Footnotes

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This is document FCS8578, one in a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. First published date: April 2000. Reviewed: May 2006. Please visit the EDIS Website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu

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Linda B. Bobroff, PhD, RD, LD/N, professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Leaflet design by Paulina Wittkowsky, MS, RD, formerly with the PlaceTypeplaceUniversity of PlaceNameFlorida.

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