Gimme 5ive July
The Gimme 5ive campaign aims to raise awareness of proactive steps that men and women can take every month in an effort to provide early detection and/or prevention of common cancers and other diseases.
Gimme 5ive Health Focus for July:
Diabetes Awareness
- Listen:
- Listen here for information on diabetes care and prevention https://uchealthlibrary.staywellsolutionsonline.com/
- Listen here for information on diabetes care and prevention https://uchealthlibrary.staywellsolutionsonline.com/
- Learn:
- Every year an estimated 19,000 people in Colorado are diagnosed with diabetes.
- Risk of death for adults with diabetes is 50% higher than for adults without diabetes.
- People with diabetes have medical expenses approximately 2.3 times higher than those who do not have diabetes.
- Learn more about Diabetes in Colorado: http://www.diabetes.org
- Do:
- Find out if you have prediabetes: https://doihaveprediabetes.org/
- Find out if you are at risk for Type 2 diabetes by taking a quick risk test here: http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/diabetes-risk-test/
- If either test indicates you may be at risk – or it’s been more than a year since your last wellness visit -- schedule an appointment with a primary care provider to learn more about your risk for Diabetes.
- Pledge:
- Pledge to get active, eat smart, stop smoking.
- Pledge to get active, eat smart, stop smoking.
- Share:
- Share what you’ve learned about Diabetes prevention with 5 friends & encourage them to take the diabetes risk assessments:
- Share what you’ve learned about Diabetes prevention with 5 friends & encourage them to take the diabetes risk assessments:
