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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
“Diabetes Prevention
and Management,” a free four-week education program for adults
held from Oct. 5-26, 2010 at the United
Parish. With
a common-sense, easy-to-use approach that focuses on healthy eating
and exercise, Saint
Anne’s certified diabetes educators, Rose Marie Couto, RN, CDE, and
Laurie Hammontree, RD, LDN, CDE, note that a few simple steps can
help prevent one of the country’s most prevalent diseases.
According to the American
Diabetes Association, 57 million people nationally have prediabetes,
a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal but
not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Recent research has
shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart
and circulatory system, may already be occurring during prediabetes.
In the Fall River area, the incidence
of diabetes in the Fall River area is higher than both state and
national averages. “However, the good news,” says Couto, “is
that there are strategies that can actually help to prevent
diabetes, and many tools for successfully managing it. Our goal with
this program is to help people understand diabetes, learn what’s
possible to help them prevent or manage diabetes, and get the help
they need so they can live healthy, productive lives.” To see
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(Top row) Rose Marie Couto distributes hand-outs to participants in the first educational session held at the United Parish on Wilson Road. (Middle row) Participants enjoy the presentation and the opportunity to ask questions of Ms. Couto. (Bottom row) Ms. Couto goes over how the body digests food and what happens when a person has diabetes before explaining some of the strategies, such as weight control and exercise, that can help to keep the condition from getting worse and causing other problems. |
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