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Chapter 10
• 17 objectives
– Prevention/reduction of new cases; decrease deaths
– Reduce gestational diabetes, reduce amputations
– Increase numbers who have annual urinary
microalbumin/glycosylated Hgb measurement
– Annual eye/foot/dental exam
– Increase numbers who take aspirin/perform self-
glucose monitoring
• Clinical findings
– Underweight: thin, muscle wasting, loss of
subcutaneous fat
– BMI less than 20; more than 10% below
DBW
– Less than 10% American population