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Are you overweight or obese? Use BMI as gauge

One of the first thing to gauge if your weight has put you at risk of Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes is to calculate your Body Mass Index or BMI in short.  BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and weight. It applies to both sexes.
The formula is:

Generally, the BMI categories are

Category
Normal Weight
Overweight
Obese

BMI Values
18.5~24.5
25.0~29.9
30.0 or higher

 
Alternatively, [...]

At risk of diabetes yet I did not take the hints

There are a certain group of people who are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (NIDDM) than others.  I am at a higher risk than normal people but yet i did not pay attention to the hints.  A study has shown that if one of your parents is a Type 2 diabetic, you will [...]

Video on Prediabetes

This video explains how a person is classified as prediabetes, causes, some suggestions on food. For your information, my fasting plasma glucose FPG level was 126mg/dl when i was first diagnosed.

What are the Symptoms of Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia)?

Low blood glucose / sugar level or Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia) can happen to anybody, whether you are suffering from diabetes, prediabetes or non-diabetic so it will be good to understand this condition.  If you experienced one of more of the following symptoms, you could be suffering from Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia):

giddiness
hunger
sweating
shaking
irritable
confusion
headache
fast heartbeat
impaired vision
fatigue
anxious / nervousness
trouble speaking

What do should do [...]

Diabetes? Don’t Pull My Leg, Doctor!

I can still recall the morning when i went to the medical center to get my annual health report.  The doctor whom i will call Dr. A (i saw a few doctors so have to differentiate) was smiling and going through the medical examination results with me. Must be good..i thought.
“Your health is very good generally [...]

The JOURNEY Against Prediabetes Begins

Hello, i am Poh Heng and this is my very first post on my first personal website. Hurray, i did it…after months of reading, planning, going round in circles on how to start i.e from a complete idiot knowing nothing about creating websites, knowing nuts about hosting, domain names, DNS etc…to something that looked presentable [...]

Commonly Used Terms in Diabetes

Glucose -
Hyperglycemia / Hyperglycaemia - too much sugar or glucose in the blood (also see Ketoacidosis)
Hypoglycemia / Hypoglycaemia - too little sugar or glucose in the blood (also see Ketones)
Insulin  - a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the level of glucose in the blood
Ketoacidosis - severe excess of glucose in the blood (see hyperglycaemia)
Pancreas [...]