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Diabetes

IAFP Information & Materials

Diabetes & CVD Fast Fact Sheet

Lifestyle Medicine Member Interest Group

Improve Health Outcomes by Detecting Type 1 Diabetes Early

Detecting Type 1 diabetes early will leave a lasting impact on the lives of your patients. Build on your skills to screen for and monitor Type 1 diabetes to improve health outcomes for those living with the condition in a new episode of the AAFP's Inside Family Medicine podcast.

In this episode with Dr. Sean Oser, get the latest insights on screening and treating type 1 diabetes. Strengthen your clinical approach and help improve quality of life for patients living with this condition.

The AAFP is here to help you with valuable resources including this podcast episode and a new fact sheet for patients and updated page on FamilyDoctor.org.

Explore the latest valuable clinical resources to immediately implement in your practice.

American Diabetes Association

ADA Standards of Care 2025

Link to app

Consensus Report on Nutrition Therapy for Adults

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk

American Heart Association Patient education

Tobacco Cessation Assistance

Nutrition Counseling for Medicare beneficiaries

Medicare covers personal nutritional counseling for people with diabetes. Under the preventive health provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the counseling has been available without out-of-pocket costs to Medicare beneficiaries since 2011. Only registered dietitians are covered under the Medicare benefit.

Prediabetes

DoIHavePrediabetes.org

Delivering Care Type 2 diabetes diagnosis and treatment

"Do I have prediabetes" risk test

Change the Outcome campaign

Patient Education

AAFP Patient Education - FamilyDoctor.org

IAFP Radio PSAs

Healthy Eating Resources

Choosing Your Veggies

Holiday recipes

Diabetes-friendly recipes

Patient Information - How to reverse type 2 diabetes

Dr. Parrella's suggested reading recommendations for treating Type 2 diabetes and obesity

  • Ludwig DS, Ebbeling CB. The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond "Calories In, Calories Out". JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(8):1098–1103. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2933
  • Forouhi NG, Krauss RM, Taubes G, Willett W. "Dietary fat and cardiometabolic health: evidence, controversies, and consensus for guidance." BMJ. 2018;361:k2139. Published 2018 Jun 13. doi:10.1136/bmj.k2139
  • Noakes TD, Windt J. "Evidence that supports the prescription of low-carbohydrate high-fat diets: a narrative review." British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;51:133-139.
  • Rosenzweig JL, Bakris GL, et al. "Primary Prevention of ASCVD and T2DM in Patients at Metabolic Risk: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline," The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 104, Issue 9, September 2019, Pages 3939–3985
  • Fung, J. (2016). The obesity code: Unlocking the secrets of weight loss. Vancouver: Greystone Books.
  • Fung, J, The Diabetes Code, Prevent and reverse Type 2 diabetes naturally. Copyright 2018.
  • Gary Taubes The Case Against Sugar
  • Nina Teicholz The Big Fat Surprise
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