Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Diabetes
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with diabetes are at high risk for heart disease. It is also important to know that heart attacks and strokes are the leading killers of people with diabetes. You can reduce that risk by managing your blood glucose (sugar), blood pressure, and cholesterol.
The Association supports the National Diabetes Education Program's campaign "Take Care of Your Heart." This program helps Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with diabetes and their families understand the need to prevent complications and to manage all aspects of their diabetes. All versions of this campaign are available as PDFs.
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Resources
Learn about other resources that provide information about diabetes, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
Risk Test available in Chinese (PDF)
Are you at risk for developing diabetes? If so, then print this risk test and answer the questions as they apply to you.
Heart Disease and Stroke
People with diabetes have extra reason to be mindful of heart and blood vessel disease. Diabetes carries an increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and complications related to poor circulation.
Type 2 Diabetes in Kids - Posters
More and more American children and adolescents are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. But sometimes family and friends don't "think diabetes" for the at-risk young people they know.
Advocacy Action Center
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