Preventing Obesity and Diabetes

By:
Helen H. Jones Jones,
Sylvia Gholston Oakes,
Marchale Burton
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African Americans are at a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes...and being overweight increases that risk. It is projected that by the year 2015, more than 225 million people (world wide) will have diabetes. Nearly two out of three (64 percent) adults are overweight or obese. Obesity is a greater cause of health problems than smoking or drinking. Individuals who are obese have 30 to 50 percent more chronic medical problems than those who smoke or drink heavily.

We are seeing children with diabetes in school now, some as young as kindergarten. This is a condition that will affect them their entire lives. These are factors which can be controlled, such as diet and exercise, which contribute to the diagnosis of diabetes.


Keywords: Review and Update Diabetes Data and Information, Review Techniques for Monitoring Blood Sugars at Home, Explain how to set Individual Goals and Manage Diabetes
Stream: Community, Culture, Globalisation
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
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Helen H. Jones Jones

Regional Extension Agent, Regional Extension Agent in Human Nutrition, Diet and Health, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
USA

Served as a County Extension Coordinator for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Program planning, implementation and evaluations in Nutrition, Diet and Health. Consultant with the Montogmery County and Elmore County Headstart program. I have chaired the Alabama Diabetes and Obesity conference for two years.
I am chairperson for the Healthy Total Woman Program for the Montgomery Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Organization.

Sylvia Gholston Oakes

Urban Regional Extension Agent, Nutrition, Diet and Health and Family and Child Development, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
USA

Worked with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System for 20 years as and Extension Agent. Has form and community organization working with people with Diabetes.

Marchale Burton

Alabama Cooperative Extension System
USA

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