By Global Health Media Project: https://globalhealthmedia.org/ Monitoring your blood sugar gives you feedback about how your body responds to what you eat and drink, and your activity level. When you are first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, monitoring your blood sugar levels can be especially helpful. This video shows how using your blood sugar results to change what you eat, how much you eat, and your activity can make a difference in lowering your blood sugar to healthy levels. This video is one of over 30 videos in our series on diabetes prevention and care. The videos are targeted for three audiences: health care workers – to help guide providers in developing countries in good diabetes care; people with diabetes – to improve their knowledge and home care; and the general public – to increase their understanding of diabetes, with the aim of greater awareness of the risks and symptoms, and ways to prevent type 2 diabetes. Copyright © 2023 Global Health Media Project. All rights reserved.