[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Diabetes is a chronic condition caused by persistently high blood glucose; poor control may increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, retinopathy, neuropathy and foot problems.<\/p>\n
According to the Department of Health\u2019s Population Health Survey 2020-22, the total prevalence of diabetes among people aged 15 to 84 in Hong Kong was 8.5%, including people with raised blood glucose detected by biochemical testing but no self-reported history.<\/p>\n
Effective diabetes care includes regular follow-up, healthy eating, physical activity, medication as advised, blood glucose monitoring, and early checks for eye, kidney and foot complications.<\/p>\n
Diabetes Care for Adults in Primary Care Settings<\/strong>: The Hong Kong Reference Framework recommends continuous, comprehensive and patient-centred care for prevention, early identification and management of diabetes in primary care.<\/p>\n Diabetes-friendly Recipes and Eating Tips<\/strong>: People with diabetes are advised to eat regular meals, keep carbohydrate portions consistent, follow a balanced diet, choose fibre-rich foods, and reduce fat, sugar and sodium intake.<\/p>\n Know More About Home-use Blood Glucose Meter<\/strong>: Blood glucose monitoring helps assess glycaemic control; people using insulin or at risk of hypoglycaemia should use a home blood glucose meter correctly under healthcare professional guidance and keep proper records.<\/p>\n Islands DHC Express provides health promotion, health risk assessment and chronic disease management support; eligible members may also join blood glucose, diabetes health talk, activities and other patient empowerment programmes.<\/p>\n Enquiries: 2556 5338. Address: Block B, Lot 2536, Ha Ling Pei, Tung Chung, Lantau.<\/p>\n Useful Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10540″ img_size=”Full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”10574″ img_size=”full” title=”Centre for Health Protection: Diabetes Mellitus”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”10577″ img_size=”full” title=”CHP: Recommendations on Diabetic Diet”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”10580″ img_size=”Full” title=”PHCC, Hong Kong Reference Framework”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”10583″ img_size=”full” title=”CHP: Know more about Home-use Blood Glucose Meter”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Diabetes is a chronic condition caused by persistently high blood glucose; poor control may increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, retinopathy, neuropathy and foot problems. According to the Department of Health\u2019s Population Health Survey 2020-22, the total prevalence of diabetes among people aged 15 to 84 in Hong Kong was 8.5%, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10565"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10573,"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10565\/revisions\/10573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islanddhc.org.hk\/express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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