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Diabetes 101

Presented by: Margaret Eckler, MS, RD, CDE, Certified  Diabetes Educator & Abby Blaustein, MS, RD, CDE, Certified Diabetes Educator, Novo Nordisk Inc.

It is estimated that 1 in 3 people born today will develop diabetes in their lifetime.  Almost 80 million Americans have pre-diabetes, a condition that increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Find out if you are at risk by taking a diabetes risk test and learn what you can to prevent, diagnose and treat this disease.

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