This document discusses diabetes prevention and control. It outlines three levels of prevention: primordial, primary, and secondary. Primordial prevention aims to prevent risk factors in early childhood through health promotion and lifestyle modifications. Primary prevention occurs before disease onset also through lifestyle changes. Secondary prevention focuses on early diagnosis, screening, and management. Behavioral risk factors for diabetes include unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco/alcohol use, and stress. Physiological risk factors are high BMI, blood pressure, blood glucose, and cholesterol. Primary prevention strategies are stopping smoking, increasing physical activity, and weight loss. Secondary prevention involves monitoring BMI, blood glucose, waist circumference, and cholesterol. Tertiary prevention focuses on regular checkups, medication,