Living with diabetes: 9 ways to change your health habits

Whether it's exercising more, losing weight, quitting smoking or remembering to take your medicine every day, try these tips to change your health habits.

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It's time to make a change

Let the news of Diabetes settle

Set smart goals for Diabetes

Recruit your Diabetes support team

Monitor your healthy progress

Give yourself healthy rewards

Focus on why you want to change

Make change your top priority

Be ready for a change of plans

Remember, nobody's perfect

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It's time to make a change

If you've just been diagnosed with diabetes, now is the time to start making changes that can build healthy habits. Whether it's exercising more, losing weight, quitting smoking or remembering to take your medicine every day, behavior change experts Sheri D. Pruitt, PhD, John C. Norcross, PhD, ABPP, and Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, offer proven ways to get motivated and live a healthy life with diabetes.

Written by Jameson Kowalczyk.

Medically reviewed by Amy Gonzales, MD.November, 2024

Updated onOctober, 2026

Written by Jameson Kowalczyk.

Medically reviewed by Amy Gonzales, MD.November, 2024

Updated onOctober, 2026

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