Prevention
Eating healthy foods with variety to prevent boredom that are low in calories and fat, a focus on fruit and vegetable and whole grain will go a long way to prevent type 2 diabetes.
Get more physical activity in. become more active. Engage in activities that make you happy like dance and sport.
Diagnosis
The doctor might request for blood tests to diagnose type 2 diabetes.
Treatment
The treatment for type 2 diabetes may include healthy eating, regular physical activity, insulin or other medications, blood sugar monitoring and weight-loss surgery, where necessary.
The goal of treatment is to keep the blood sugar within a certain range, as close to the standard range as possible.
A health meal plan that fits your food preferences and health goals, with occasional treats, will be recommended by the diet specialist. These will include replacing high-calorie beverages, such as soft drinks or fruit juices, with water, eating at home more frequently instead of eating at restaurants or getting food to carry out from restaurants, help make meals, eating at the dinner table instead of in front of the TV, reducing portion sizes and not feeling a need to finish everything on the plate and substituting a fruit or vegetable for a carbohydrate-rich food.
Regular aerobic exercise is good for us all but the meal plan and insulin doses need to adjust for this. Make physical activity a part of your daily routine for around an hour. You can have your family and friends with you, which makes the activities more fun.
Medications, like insulin and metformin, are also part of treatment.
Weight loss surgery may lead to improved management of type 2 diabetes for teens with a body mass index (BMI) at or above 35.