Health & Fitness
What’s your risk of diabetes? Take the `Risk Test’ on Alert Day, Tuesday, March 26
What's your diabetes risk? Join NC City Council on `Alert Day'
The 25th annual Alert Day, a one-day effort by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to encourage Americans to take the diabetes risk test, will be held on, Tuesday, March 26. The fourth Tuesday in March is annually designated as ADA’s Alert Day.
National City Council member Alejandra Sotelo-Solis and National City Lions Club member George Folwarski will be at Foodland Mercado at 303 Highland Ave. in National City starting at 8 a.m. to encourage local residents to take the diabetes risk test. Also, radio station La Nueva 106.5 is scheduled to set up a booth at Foodland Mercado.
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Larissa Roman, executive director of the San Diego ADA chapter, said Alert Day is regarded as a “wake-up call” for people to find out whether they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
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“Diagnosis of diabetes often comes seven to 10 years after the onset of the disease,” Roman said. “Early diagnosis is critical to successful treatment and delaying or preventing some of the complications, such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease, stroke, amputation and death.”
Roman said an estimated 26 million Americans have diabetes, including about 200,000 San Diego County residents, and, on average, as many as 25 percent of people with diabetes are not aware they have the disease. She said studies have shown that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed by losing 7 percent of body weight, which equals 15 pounds for a 200-pound person, and with regular exercise of 30 minutes per day, seven days a week.
The ADA Alert’s Day diabetes risk test, including information on risk factors and warning signs, is available at www.StopDiabetes.com and click “Get The Facts,” or by calling 800-342-2383.
Boar’s Head Provisions Co., a Sarasota, Fla.-based provider of Boar’s Head delicatessen meats and cheeses, has announced it will donate $5 for each diabetes risk test taken, up to $50,000, between March 26 and April 9. The company has been an active supporter of the ADA since 2010.