Be active most days  At-Risk Weight Chart  Don’t use tobacco Eat low-fat meals including fruits,  vegetables, and whole-grain foods Weight (in If you have high cholesterol or high  Height Pounds) blood pressure, talk to your health care provider about your risk for type 129 4’10” 2 diabetes 133 4’11” 138 What if I Scored a or Higher on 5’0” ‘9’ the Test? How Can I Get Tested 143 5’1” for Prediabetes? 147 5’2” 152 Individual or group health insurance: See 5’3” your health care provider. If you have a don’t 157 5’4” provider, ask your insurance company 162 5’5” about providers who take your insurance. Deductibles and copays may apply. 167 5’6” Medicaid: See your health care provider. 172 5’7” If you have a provider, contact a don’t 177 5’8” state Medicaid office or contact your local 182 5’9” health department. 188 5’10” See your health care provider. Medicare: 193 Medicare will pay the cost of testing if the 5’11” provider has a reason for testing. If you 199 6’0” have a provider, contact your local don’t 204 6’1” health department. 210 6’2” Contact your local health No insurance: 216 department for more information about 6’3” where you could be tested or call your local 221 6’4” health clinic. Know Your Score 9 or more points: High risk for having prediabetes now. Please bring this form to your health care provider soon. 3 to 8 points: Probably not at high risk for having prediabetes now. To keep your risk level below high risk: weight  If you’re overweight, lose
At-Risk Weight Chart Height Weight (in Pounds) 4’10” 129 4’11” 133 5’0” 138 5’1” 143 5’2” 147 5’3” 152 5’4” 157 5’5” 162 5’6” 167 5’7” 172 5’8” 177 5’9” 182 5’10” 188 5’11” 193 6’0” 199 6’1” 204 6’2” 210 6’3” 216 6’4” 221 Know Your Score 9 or more points: High risk for having prediabetes now. Please bring this form to your health care provider soon. 3 to 8 points: Probably not at high risk for having prediabetes now. To keep your risk level below high risk:  If you’re overweight, lose weight  Be active most days  Don’t use tobacco  Eat low-fat meals including fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain foods  If you have high cholesterol or high blood pressure, talk to your health care provider about your risk for type 2 diabetes What if I Scored a ‘9’ or Higher on the Test? How Can I Get Tested for Prediabetes? Individual or group health insurance: See your health care provider. If you don’t have a provider, ask your insurance company about providers who take your insurance. Deductibles and copays may apply. Medicaid: See your health care provider. If you don’t have a provider, contact a state Medicaid office or contact your local health department. Medicare: See your health care provider. Medicare will pay the cost of testing if the provider has a reason for testing. If you don’t have a provider, contact your local health department. No insurance: Contact your local health department for more information about where you could be tested or call your local health clinic.
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