Heart Disease

Once you know the risk to your heart health, you can start focusing on something positive: You can take steps right now to keep your heart pumping soundly and your blood flowing smoothly.

Diabetes affects the cardiovascular system, but many problems aren't apparent until a person has a heart attack or stroke.

Because of recent medical advances, people with diabetes can do a lot more these days to help control their disease.

Once you know the risk to your heart health, you can start focusing on something positive: You can take steps right now to keep your heart pumping soundly and your blood flowing smoothly.

Early management and control of diabetes will help avoid complications that may arise later. This multiple-choice quiz will help you with important answers now.

The questions in this assessment ask about risk factors—conditions that may put you at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) states that the more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to develop diabetes.