03/24/2026
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Health Tip Tuesday
💙 Diabetes Alert Day💙
Today is Diabetes Alert Day & it is the perfect day to start the conversation about diabetes with your family history, knowing your risks, and assessing your health.
Unfortunately, our teenagers are showing up as pre diabetic early on in life- one study showed that 8.4 million teenagers are diagnosed as pre diabetic 🫣
Common symptoms that go unnoticed are:
▶️Increased thirst
▶️Frequent urination
▶️Slow healing cuts or wounds
▶️Fatigue
Help your teens and young by starting a new routine today that can dramatically improve your future:
💧 Drink more water
🏃🏽♀️ Begin a simple exercise routine
🩺 Talk to your provider about any concerns you’ve noticed
✍🏽Take the risk assessment
Start today with changing your tomorrow. 💙
Link for risk assessment
https://diabetes.org/diabetes-risk-test
📍Purposeful Pediatrics
☎️ 336-934-4624
💻 www.purposefulpediatrics.com