By American Diabetes Association

What is Diabetes?

The following symptoms of diabetes are typical. However, some people with diabetes have symptoms so mild that they go unnoticed.

Common symptoms of diabetes:

Urinating often
Feeling very thirsty
Feeling very hungry—even though you are eating
Extreme fatigue
Blurry vision
Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal
Weight loss—even though you are eating more (type 1)
Tingling, pain, or numbness in the hands/feet (type 2)

Find out More –What is Diabetes?

Learn about type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes, along with warning signs and management tips.

Diabetes Food Hub-Diabetes-Friendly Recipes

Diabetesfoodhub.org

At the ADA’s Diabetes Food Hub, we are dedicated to empowering individuals living with diabetes and their families through food and nutrition. Our platform serves as the ultimate destination for discovering diabetes-friendly recipes that are both nutritious and delicious, ensuring your eating plan is both simple and enjoyable.

The Diabetes Food Hub is brought to you by the ADA’s Nutrition & Wellness team of registered dietitian nutritionists who curate and create tools and resources that translate the science of the ADA’s Standards of Care in Diabetes and the Nutrition Consensus into accessible education to help improve individual and community health.

A Guide for People with Type 1 Diabetes

Patient Standards of Care for Type 1 Diabetes

The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) updates its Standards of Care in Diabetes annually so that people with diabetes get the most effective evidence-based treatment from their doctors. 
This guide aligns with the Standards of Care in Diabetes and was created to help you feel confident and informed about your treatment plan, including key questions to ask your healthcare team. Focusing on three key pillars of type 1 diabetes management, this guide empowers you to manage diabetes well while making sure your overall treatment plan is easier to follow and more sustainable:

Understanding and monitoring
Management and lifestyle integration
Support and wellbeing

A Guide for People with Type 2 Diabetes

Patient Standards of Care for Type 2 Diabetes

The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) updates its Standards of Care in Diabetes annually so that people with diabetes get the most effective evidence-based treatment from their doctors.

This guide, Your Rights and Care Standards: A Guide for People with Type 2 Diabetes, is based on these standards and was created to help you feel confident and informed about your treatment plan, including key questions to ask your healthcare team so you can take charge of your health.

This guide focuses on three key pillars of type 2 diabetes management:

Medical support and care (for both body and mind)
Healthy eating
Physical activity

2026 Abridged Standards of Care
2026 Abridged Standards of Care

This collection provides an abridged version of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 designed especially for primary care professionals. Developed by the ADA’s Primary Care Advisory Group*, this new resource contains the evidence-based clinical practice recommendations most pertinent to primary care—all presented in a user-friendly format. Its recommendations are substantively the same as in the complete ADA Standards of Care, but presented in succinct bullet points and helpful graphics.

ADA’s consumer guide