Cheers! diabetes can be prevented!!

1.Indulge in brisk walking (or other forms of physical activity) for minimum 30 minutes, 5 times a week.

2.Maintain an ideal body weight; or lose about 5-7% of your body weight ( if you body weight is more than desired). Even 2-3 kgs of weight loss can make a difference.

Scientific evidence conclusively shows that diabetes is preventable even in people who are at a high risk for developing diabetes.

• When are you at a high risk of developing diabetes ?
  
• You are overweight ; your BMI is more than 22.9.
  
• Your parents or brother sisters or grandparents have or had diabetes.
  
• If you delivered a baby whose birth weight was 3 kg or more.
  
• If you have had diabetes or even mild elevation of blood sugars during pregnancy.
  
• If you are physically inactive, that is, you exercise less than 3 times a week.
  
• If you have high blood pressure.

Note: To convert your weight and height to metrics, note that 1 pound is equal to 0.45 kilogram and 1 inch is equal to 0.0254 meter. For example, a woman who weighs 120 pounds and is 64 inches tall also weighs 54 kilograms (120 X 0.45) and is 1.63 meters tall (64 X 0.0254). Her BMI would be 54 / (1.63 X 1.63), or about 20.3, which puts her in the normal range. Normal, overweight, and obese ranges for BMIs vary, but in general, a BMI of 20 to 25 is considered normal, 25 to 30 is considered overweight, and over 30 is considered obese. Using these ranges, up to 33 percent of the U.S. population should be considered obese. Obesity is more common in women than in men.

You can calculate your body mass index (BMI) by using the following formula:

Weight (in kilograms)
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Height (in meters) squared

BMI calculator