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Diabetes
Prevention Program at Veterans Memorial Hospital
Posted 18 February
2010
The Diabetes Self-Management Education Program at Veterans Memorial
Hospital will again be offering a free educational program on “Diabetes
Prevention.” This program will be held on Monday, March 8,
from 6-7:15 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference
Room. Teresa Myers, RN, Diabetes Coordinator, and Anne
Blocker, RD/LD, Certified Diabetes Educator will be teaching the
pre-diabetics attending on how to reduce the risk of getting Type 2
diabetes.
Pre-Diabetes is a condition that comes before Type 2 diabetes when the
blood glucose (sugar) levels are higher than normal, but aren’t high
enough to be called diabetes. It is a silent disease, meaning
someone can have it without even knowing it. Cutting back on
calories and fat, being physically active and losing weight can reverse
pre-diabetes and therefore delay or prevent Type 2 diabetes.
As a person gets older, especially if they are overweight, their
chances of having pre-diabetes increases. Risk factors for
diabetes include being overweight, being physically inactive, having a
parent, brother or sister with diabetes, are African American, Native
American, Asian American, Pacific Islander or Hispanic American, have
had a baby weighing more than 9 pounds or have had gestational
diabetes, have high blood pressure (over 140/90) or have low HDL
cholesterol (35 mg/dl or lower) or high triglycerides (250 mg/dl or
higher.) Physicians should check blood glucose levels if their
patient is 45 or older and overweight, or under age 45 and overweight
and have other risk factors for diabetes.
To register for the free Pre-Diabetes Program at Veterans Memorial
Hospital, please call Teresa Myers, RN, at 568-3411.
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