The Multicultural Health Institute (MHI) Diabetes Resources
Good control of Diabetes starts with good nutrition
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5.8 million Children and adults in the United States (8.3% of the population) have diabetes.
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18.8 million People in the United States have been diagnosed as having diabetes.
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There are approximately 7.0 million undiagnosed people with diabetes in the United States.
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1.9 million New cases of diabetes have been diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older in 2010 in the United States.
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African American adults are twice as likely as non-Hispanic white adults to have been diagnosed with diabetes by a physician.
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2.6 percent of non-Hispanic blacks in the United States have been diagnosed as having diabetes.
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In 2006, African American men were 2.2 times as likely to start treatment for end-stage renal disease related to diabetes, as compared to non-Hispanic white men.
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In 2006, diabetic African Americans were 1.5 times as likely as diabetic Whites to be hospitalized.
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In 2006, African Americans were 2.3 times as likely as non-Hispanic Whites to die from diabetes.
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African Americans with diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes complications and experience greater disability from the complications than white Americans with diabetes.
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Death rates for people with diabetes are 27 percent higher for African Americans compared with whites.
Some Online Resources to Explore
Ionie Healing Center & Raw Food Café
www.ionie.com
Life Length
www.lifelength.com
Michelle Davis – Zumba
www.michelledavis958.zumba.com
ChooseMyPlate.gov
www.choosemyplate.gov
Anit Ford, MD
3920 Bee Ridge Rd, Bldg. E Site H (2nd Floor)
941-926-8855
Motaz Agabani, MD
Endocrine Medical Center
2650 Bahia Vista Street
941-330-8355
Jose Antunes, MD
2400 Fruitville Rd
941-365-0333
Mobile Apps
SMH Physician Special App
Provides user with a dynamic listing of physicians, services, and locations.
http://bit.ly/1CQM7pR
Diabetes Tracker apps
Glooko Logbook
Save time and eliminate errors from manual entry by easily and quickly downloading blood glucose readings from your meter to your iPod touch® or iPhone®.
www.glooko.com
OnTrack Diabetes
OnTrack is an application to help diabetics manage their diabetes by tracking various items such as glucose, exercise, food, medication, blood pressure (BP), pulse and weight.
www.ontrack.org.au/diabetes
Nutrition apps
Fooducate
Fooducate helps you identify which foods are high in sugar, fats, and unnecessary ingredients.
http://bit.ly/158ybvV
GSK Diabetes HealthMate
This apps helps users track blood sugar readings and offers a visual perspective of how those readings relate to other factors such as mood, taking medication, activity levels, and diet.
http://bit.ly/1sPzHKO