Diabetes Management
What will be an ideal response?
-Medication--type 1 requires insulin
-Diet--plan diet to avoid rapid rises and drops in blood glucose (type 1); reduce carbs (type 2)
-Exercise--helps control blood glucose levels for type 2 diabetics, but not type 1
-Glucose monitoring--regularly monitor blood glucose to avoid hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia
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A) only in the latest stages of the pregnancy. B) by a health care practitioner. C) by reading information from the American Heart Association. D) with the right botanicals.
M.J. has come to you for counseling on healthy weight loss. She is 35 years old and 150 pounds overweight. Her mother died of a heart attack at the age of 65. Outline a successful weight management program for her, and discuss how she would be most likely to succeed with this.
What will be an ideal response?