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What Do You Really Know About Diabetes?

Nearly 18 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes and more than 5 million more have diabetes but don't realize it, according to the CDC. Yet diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Test your knowledge of this chronic disease by taking this multiple-choice quiz.

1. What percentage of all people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes?
2. Uncontrolled diabetes can damage which of these organs?
3. What does insulin do?
4. Which is the most significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes?
5. The population group with increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes is which of these?
6. Gestational diabetes occurs only during pregnancy. Why?
7. How does gestational diabetes affect the baby?
8. How does exercise benefit people with diabetes?
Publication Source: Vitality magazine/February 2001
Author: Floria, Barbara
Online Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/gestational/
Online Source: American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/diabetes/basics/327.html
Online Source: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp051.cfm
Online Source: CDC Diabetes Public Health Resource http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/
Online Source: CDC http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faq/basics.htm
Online Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/overview/index.htm
Online Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/intro/
Online Source: American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-statistics/
Online Source: National Diabetes Education Program http://www.ndep.nih.gov/i-have-diabetes/LearnAboutDiabetes.aspx
Online Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/Gestational_Diabetes.cfm
Online Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes/upload/managing_gest_diabetes_section2.pdf
Online Source: National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/about/researchresultsforthepublic/Type1Diabetes.pdf
Online Source: National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/about/researchresultsforthepublic/Type2Diabetes.pdf
Online Source: MedLine Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
Online Editor: Sinovic, Dianna
Online Medical Reviewer: Carson-DeWitt, Rosalyn MD
Online Medical Reviewer: Ferguson, Monica MD
Online Medical Reviewer: Pierce-Smith, Daphne RN, MSN, CCRC, FNP
Date Last Reviewed: 2/11/2010
Date Last Modified: 4/27/2010