You can run it, walk it or crawl it, but when it comes to the health benefits, a mile is just a mile.
That's the main message the government is likely to include in recommended exercise guidelines it will issue later this year as a complement to its famous food pyramid.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
It's up to all of us to fight off diabetes spike
Diabetes could well prove to be the first health "epidemic" of the 21st Century, according to local medical officer of health, Dr. Richard Schabas.
A chilling warning, one echoed by many health professionals, and sounded again by Health Minister George Smitherman late last week.
He said by 2010, the number of Ontarians with diabetes will double to 1.2 million, a staggering figure.
Locally, the numbers are equally troubling with 15,000 cases predicted here by 2010.
Clearly, steps must be taken to turn back the epidemic before it overwhelms the health-care system. But what to do?
The answers are here in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties because this is the spot that could serve as the microcosm for the province.
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A chilling warning, one echoed by many health professionals, and sounded again by Health Minister George Smitherman late last week.
He said by 2010, the number of Ontarians with diabetes will double to 1.2 million, a staggering figure.
Locally, the numbers are equally troubling with 15,000 cases predicted here by 2010.
Clearly, steps must be taken to turn back the epidemic before it overwhelms the health-care system. But what to do?
The answers are here in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties because this is the spot that could serve as the microcosm for the province.
Read More.....
Diabetes Is Beatable, Author Says
LAKELAND Mother Love feasted on homemade sausage, chitlins, doughnuts and fried chicken as a child.
Through much of adulthood, she kept cooking the way she'd seen her family cook.
"While I was squeezing oranges for breakfast, I'd be figuring out what to take out to fry for dinner," the author, humorist and performer said Thursday during a diabetes seminar at Word Alive Ministries in Lakeland.
As she gained weight, buttons on her pants popped. Her knees going up the stairs "sounded like snap, crackle and pop."
Through much of adulthood, she kept cooking the way she'd seen her family cook.
"While I was squeezing oranges for breakfast, I'd be figuring out what to take out to fry for dinner," the author, humorist and performer said Thursday during a diabetes seminar at Word Alive Ministries in Lakeland.
As she gained weight, buttons on her pants popped. Her knees going up the stairs "sounded like snap, crackle and pop."
Pop Star Nick Jonas Speaks Out About Diabetes
ALEXANDRIA, VA - The Jonas Brothers are one of today's hottest bands, with one of the summer's most highly-anticipated tours, appearances on TV, and a new album coming out in August. But what most people don't realize is that while he's singing and playing on stage with his brothers, Nick Jonas, 15, is also wearing an insulin pump. The cover story of the July 2008 issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, shares the Jonas family's struggle with Nick's diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in November 2005, and will inspire all parents who are coping with their daughter's or son's diabetes.
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