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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Worcester County Health Dept. Sponsors Diabetes Education Program

The Worcester County Health Department offers a multi-session diabetes self management education program in Snow Hill and Pocomoke this summer.The program is scheduled for:

• 10-11:30 a.m. Thursdays, July 7-Aug. 11 at the Pocomoke Health Center, 400A Walnut St.

• 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. 17-Sept. 21 at the Worcester County Health Department, 6040 Public Landing Road in Snow Hill.

Anyone interested in learning more about diabetes and its treatment is invited to attend. A team comprised of a registered nurse, registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator,and an American College of Sports Medicine certified clinical exercise physiologist provide the educational sessions. The American Diabetes Association and the Eli Lilly and Company, a major pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind.,provide resource support.

Sessions include information about managing the disease, reducing complications, goal setting, nutrition, lifestyle change, physical activity, blood sugar monitoring, sick day management, dental care, stress, medications and preventive care.A $10 donation is requested for the entire program. Please call the Worcester County

Health Department at 410-632-1100 ext. 4 for more information or to register.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yeah and keeping your fat behind out of the stores when soda is on sale
I see people with cart loads of that crap and they are not ghetto Korean grocers reselling it
I can only hope they recycle all those cans

Anonymous said...

How about a little prevention?

We are being poisoned by Big Pharma and Big Agri business

Anonymous said...

How about a little prevention?

We are being poisoned by Big Pharma and Big Agri business