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	Diabetes Risk Calculator -- Could you have diabetes and not know it? Take this test to see if you are at risk for having or developing type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. If you are a member of one of these ethnic groups, you need to pay special attention to this test.
	Prediabetes: Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose Learn more about prediabetes on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Diabetes Fact Sheet. Prediabetes is a condition that raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
	MyPyramid.gov This is a very new tool where people could go and find all the information they need to make healthy and smart choices for eating, tips to add physical activity to their lives, and create a plan to live by. MyPyramid's central message is "Steps to a Healthier You." MyPyramid replaces the Food Guide Pyramid introduced in 1992, and is part of an overall food guidance system that emphasizes the need for a more individualized approach to improving diet and lifestyle.
	Diabetes, an Interactive Tutorial Interactive tool for patient education.
	5 A Day 5 A Day for Better Health is a national program and partnership that seeks to increase the number of daily servings of fruits and vegetables Americans eat to five or more.
	Diabetes Tutorial, offered by the NIH Senior Health (NIDDK) Diabetes is an interactive tool, including voice explanations, about all the aspects of Diabetes. It's offered by the NIH Senior Health from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
	Diabetes Clearinghouse Here you'll find the most up to date information about Diabetes, including the latest news, alternative therapies, disease management, treatments prevention, etc. This is part of Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health.
	FDA Diabetes Information The Food and Drug Administration's "Diabetes Information" Web page is searchable and loaded with helpful material including information on diabetes drugs, complications of the disease and meal planning for diabetics.
	CDC's Diabetes Public Health Resource The CDC created this resource to eliminate the preventable burden of diabetes through leadership, research, programs and policies that translate science into practice.
	National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Part of the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK offers publications on medications, nutrition, prevention of complications in diabetes, digestive, blood, kidney and urologic diseases, and nutrition and weight loss.
	National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) This site provides population-specific messages, materials and tips on treatment and outcomes for people with diabetes to promote early diagnosis, and ultimately, to prevent the onset of diabetes. NDEP is a partnership of the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and more than 200 public and private organizations.
	National Diabetes Program, Indian Health Service (IHS) IHS National Diabetes Program site provides information on diabetes and efforts to prevent and control diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.