Across
- 4. Oral medication used as initial treatment for type 2 diabetes
- 8. Condition where the body makes little to no insulin
- 10. Organ that produces insulin
- 11. Primary source of energy for the body's cells
- 13. Responsible for producing, storing, and releasing insulin
- 14. Type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy
- 16. chronic health condition involving high blood sugar
Down
- 1. Most common type of diabetes, insulin resistance
- 2. Injection used to improve blood sugar control in adults with NIDDM
- 3. Hormone that hells cells use glucose for energy
- 5. Physical activity that helps control glucose
- 6. High blood pressure
- 7. Low blood sugar
- 9. When the immune system attacks the body's own cells
- 12. Complication that primarily affects people with type 1 diabetes
- 15. Major risk factor for type 2 diabetes (excessive body fat)