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If I've Just Been Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, What's the First Thing I Should Do?

If I've Just Been Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, What's the First Thing I Should Do? (0:37)

If you've just been diagnosed with diabetes, what should you do? In this video, Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, an endocrinologist Scripps Health, discusses the top three things you should do to control your blood sugar and prevent future complications.

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Probably that you have to get some weight down. You need to get out and exercise little more and you need to follow what your blood sugars are, because the most damage that can occur in the future, is when your blood sugars run too high. So you need to find out ways to really get those blood sugars under control.

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