What is Diabetes?

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Across
  1. 4. Symptom of hyperglycemia.
  2. 5. Blood sugar level above 11 mmol/L.
  3. 6. 150 minutes of this is recommended per week.
  4. 8. Term used when blood sugars are high, but not high enough to be considered diabetes.
  5. 10. Age at which screening for diabetes begins.
  6. 12. Symptom of hypoglycemia.
  7. 13. Blood sugar level below 4 mmol/L.
  8. 14. Type of diabetes that is an autoimmune disease that destroys the beta cells in the pancreas (2 words).
Down
  1. 1. This food category should make up half of your plate.
  2. 2. Chronic complication of uncontrolled diabetes that affects the eyes.
  3. 3. Type of diabetes in which the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body does not effectively use insulin produced (2 words).
  4. 7. Chronic complication of uncontrolled diabetes that affects the nerves.
  5. 9. Test that gives an average blood sugar over 3 months.
  6. 11. Disease that results in elevated sugars in the blood and urine.