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Defeat Diabetes Foundation

Defeat Diabetes
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Defeat Diabetes® E-Lerts™ Newsletter

August 2012
(Volume XI, Issue VIII)

School Time: Things Every Parent of a Child with Diabetes Should Know

You aren’t alone. More than 176,000 children and adolescents have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. In addition to having diabetes, they also have one other thing in common: most spend the bulk of their day in school, away from the protection and care of their parents or adult caregiver.

Most children with diabetes take medication to control it. These medications, especially insulin, must be carefully balanced with food and exercise to achieve good glucose control each day. Health and safety are at risk when these are not balanced.

Diabetes management in children and adolescents requires complex daily management skills which can challenge parents and cause them to worry. This can be even more pronounced when their children are in the care of school personnel who may or may not understand diabetes and its management. Read more about Caring for Diabetic Kids in School.

Also in this month's E-Lerts™ Newsletter:

Latest News - Facts about fiber-added foods, a spice that can curb diabetes, a lifestyle change that can add years, plus more.

Diabetes Friendly Recipes - Enjoy the summer with a refreshingly cool meal.

Unused Diabetes Supplies: You Can Help by Donating

Do you have glucose test strips you no longer need? Have you switched your glucometer machine? Do you have a loved one who had diabetes who has passed away?

Have you said to yourself – I don’t want these perfectly good supplies to go to waste – what can I do with them? I’d like to donate them, but I don’t know how.

How to Donate Diabetes Supplies

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Islets of Humor™ - The Perfect Food.

Know Your Fruits and Veggies™ - Peaches, a delightful summer fruit.

The Kid Initiative to Defeat Diabetes® (KIDD™) Curriculum

This generation of children is on the fast track to live a shorter, less healthy life span than their parents.

The Kid Initiative to Defeat Diabetes® Curriculum is designed to fill the gap in information about diabetes and obesity and its relationship to nutrition and fitness.

A program for schools and youth organizations. To learn more about the KIDD™ Curriculum.

Treatments on the Horizon - New anti-obesity vaccine? Also, new treatment for Type 2 diabetes.

It's time to prepare for your child with diabetes to go to school. Check our comprehensive guide to laws and your rights.

Together We Can...Defeat Diabetes®

Lisa M. Rasolt, MSBA, CEBS
Program Director

Defeat Diabetes Foundation
LRasolt@DefeatDiabetes.org
http://www.DefeatDiabetes.org/

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Latest News

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Sitting Less Adds Years to Life

Unused Diabetes Supplies: You Can Help by Donating

Do you have glucose test strips you no longer need? Have you switched your glucometer machine? Do you have a loved one who had diabetes who has passed away?

Diabetes Friendly Recipes
August 2012

Enjoy the summer with a refreshingly cool meal.

Cajun Shrimp and Rice

Cucumber and Tomato Tangy Yogurt Salad

Blueberry-Banana Batido

Iced Tea

Nutrient Information for 1 serving of the entire menu:
Calories:	613
Fat:	19 gm
Carbohydrates:	107.5 gm
Sodium:	628 mg
% Calories from Fat:	30 %

Source: MealsMatter.org

More delicious and healthy Diabetes Friendly Recipes

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Islets of Humor™
By Theresa Garnero

See more of Theresa Garnero's Islets of Humor™ cartoons.

Help us study how diabetes management influences the quality of lives of people with Type 2 Diabetes
Take the survey here.

Your participation will provide a great contribution to diabetes management knowledge and healthcare practice for people with Type 2 Diabetes.
Mr. Diabetes® says "I fully endorse this survey. The results will add to our knowledge of diabetes management - what works and what doesn't!"

For more information: University of Wisconsin Survey.

Know Your Fruits and Veggies™: Peaches

By Dawn Swidorski, Public Outreach Director

Peaches are one of the most delightful of the summer fruits that has an, oh so sweet but painfully short season.

Peaches, along with cherries, plums and apricots, are considered stone fruits (drupes).

They are divided into two basic types: clingstones where the flesh clings to the stone (pit) and freestones where the flesh does not. Both clingstones and freestones can have either white or yellow flesh. Each fruit has a single brown seed that is oval shaped and surrounded by a convoluted woody husk. One side of the fruit has a distinctive vertical indentation and sport the trademark fuzzy skin. Read more about peaches.