Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and Diabetes

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Are you at risk? 

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) are at increased risk for diabetes compared to non-Hispanic white Americans.

While being overweight or obese increases diabetes risk for everyone, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders do not have to be overweight to be at risk for diabetes and have an even greater risk for diabetes with increasing weight compared with other racial and ethnic groups.

True or False?

• I am of Asian descent
• I am of Hawaiian descent
• I am of Pacific Islander descent
• I am overweight/obese
• I do not exercise regularly
• I am over 45 years old
• I have family members with diabetes
  

If you can answer "true" to one of these boxes, you may be at risk for type 2 diabetes. Ask your doctor if you should be screened for type 2 diabetes.

Take the American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Risk Test online.

Learn more about diabetes online or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).

 

Living with Diabetes

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders with diabetes are at high risk for heart disease. Heart attacks and strokes are the leading killers of people with diabetes.

Reduce your risk by maintaining your blood glucose (sugar), blood pressure, and cholesterol levels within your target range.

The National Diabetes Education Program's "Take Care of Your Heart" campaign helps Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders living with diabetes.

Download the following tool to help manage diabetes and prevent complications of diabetes. (Adobe Acrobat software is required to download the following PDFs.)

• English version
• Cambodian version
• Chamorro version
• Chinese version
• Chuukese version
• Gujarati version
• Hindi version
• Hmong version
• Japanese version
• Korean version
• Lao version
• Samoan version
• Tagalog version
• Thai version
• Tongan version
• Vietnamese version

Find more information and tools about diabetes and Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders communities on the Resources page.