Diabetes is a complex disease and the nation's seventh leading fatal
disease, behind heart disease and cancer. Annually, diabetes kills an
estimated 150,000 people in the United States and millions more throughout
the world. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age
Americans; the single leading cause of end-stage kidney failure; the
leading cause of lower extremity amputations; and a leading risk factor
for heart disease and stroke.
Program Objectives
Provide participants and diabetic patients easy access to prevention
education, information about living with diabetes, and available resources
Increase patient understanding of the disease-state and patient
compliance
Reinforce the physician treatment plan
I. Workshop - Understanding Diabetes
a. What is Diabetes?
b. Type II: Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes
c. Criteria for Diagnosing Diabetes.
d. Impaired Glucose Tolerance (pre-diabetes)
e. Treatment for Pre-diabetes
f. Symptoms
g. Daily Routine
h. Other Important Issues for Diabetics to Consider
i. Exercise Prescription
For further information or to schedule a workshop, please
contact us at (972) 998-0152
Diabetes is a complex disease and the nation's seventh leading fatal
disease, behind heart disease and cancer. Annually, diabetes kills an
estimated 150,000 people in the United States and millions more throughout
the world. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age
Americans; the single leading cause of end-stage kidney failure; the
leading cause of lower extremity amputations; and a leading risk factor
for heart disease and stroke.