Health News
By Jamie Strauss, R.D., L.D.N., Clinical Dietitian, Sinai Hospital
How many people do you know have diabetes? How many of those people that have diabetes knew they were at risk? And how many people are walking around undiagnosed?
November is American Diabetes Month. It is as a time for the American Diabetes Association to communicate and promote awareness of the seriousness and importance of diabetes prevention and control.
Here are some diabetes statistics from the ADA:
? 7.8 percent of the United States? population has diabetes, which means 23.6 million children and adults
? 17.9 million people are diagnosed
? 5.7 million people are undiagnosed
? 57 million people have pre-diabetes
? Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death listed on U.S. death certificates in 2006
? Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes
? The risk for stroke is 2 to 4 times higher among people with diabetes
? Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure (accounting for 44 percent of new cases in 2005)
In 2009, the American Diabetes Association launched a national movement to ?Stop Diabetes.? You can lower your risk by lowering your weight and making healthy food choices. In one study, people who exercised 30 minutes a day 5 days a week lowered their risk of Type 2 diabetes.
To learn more about the Sinai Hospital Diabetes Resource Center or the Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Northwest Hospital, call 410-601-WELL (9355).
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- Ket Offers Program About Diabetes Prevention And Control
KET's "Connections with Renee Shaw" is offering a program about diabetes prevention and control on KET2 Friday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. and KET Sunday, Nov. 10 at 1:30 p.m. This programming could not be more timely, since Kentucky, along with parts of Appalachia...
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- Know Your Risk Factors For Diabetes
Would you like to delay or prevent diabetes if you could? Would you like to prevent possible severe diabetes-related complications, including loss of sight or limbs? Millions of Americans are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to the American...
- Sinai's Diabetes Resource Center Earns Recognition
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Health News
Learning About Your Diabetes Risk
By Jamie Strauss, R.D., L.D.N., Clinical Dietitian, Sinai Hospital
How many people do you know have diabetes? How many of those people that have diabetes knew they were at risk? And how many people are walking around undiagnosed?
November is American Diabetes Month. It is as a time for the American Diabetes Association to communicate and promote awareness of the seriousness and importance of diabetes prevention and control.
Here are some diabetes statistics from the ADA:
? 7.8 percent of the United States? population has diabetes, which means 23.6 million children and adults
? 17.9 million people are diagnosed
? 5.7 million people are undiagnosed
? 57 million people have pre-diabetes
? Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death listed on U.S. death certificates in 2006
? Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes
? The risk for stroke is 2 to 4 times higher among people with diabetes
? Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure (accounting for 44 percent of new cases in 2005)
In 2009, the American Diabetes Association launched a national movement to ?Stop Diabetes.? You can lower your risk by lowering your weight and making healthy food choices. In one study, people who exercised 30 minutes a day 5 days a week lowered their risk of Type 2 diabetes.
To learn more about the Sinai Hospital Diabetes Resource Center or the Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Northwest Hospital, call 410-601-WELL (9355).
- First Diabetes Educator License Is Issued In Kentucky
Kim DeCoste (photo via AADE)Kentucky is the first state to issue a diabetes educator license, according to a press release from the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators. Kim DeCoste of Richmond, a registered nurse and chair of the Kentucky Diabetes...
- Ket Offers Program About Diabetes Prevention And Control
KET's "Connections with Renee Shaw" is offering a program about diabetes prevention and control on KET2 Friday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. and KET Sunday, Nov. 10 at 1:30 p.m. This programming could not be more timely, since Kentucky, along with parts of Appalachia...
- Share Of Kentuckians Reporting They Had Been Diagnosed As Diabetic Nearly Tripled From 1995 To 2010
We're not just getting fatter, Kentucky, we're becoming chronically ill because of it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of diagnosed diabetes in Kentucky has increased dramatically in the last decade and a...
- Know Your Risk Factors For Diabetes
Would you like to delay or prevent diabetes if you could? Would you like to prevent possible severe diabetes-related complications, including loss of sight or limbs? Millions of Americans are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to the American...
- Sinai's Diabetes Resource Center Earns Recognition
Diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined, a sobering fact from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), which stresses the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and educating patients with diabetes and their families....