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“Families in Focus” special, looks at the medical
and emotional challenges facing people living with diabetes,
and how this disease effects an entire family. It highlights
the “Diabetes Makeover” program, a comprehensive
and innovative approach to diabetes management which focuses
on five key elements of diabetes care: treatment, nutrition,
fitness, knowledge, and lifestyle. This “diabetes
makeover” approach offers specific recommendations
designed to help patients gain better control of their illness.
Jennifer Meyers
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Andrea Zaldivar |
Guests
Dr. Sharon Selinger – Chief of the Endocrine
Section at Overlook Hospital, which is part of the Atlantic Health
System.
Edgar Obregon - Living with diabetes.
Edgar is a participant in The BD "Diabetes Makeover" program.
Bill King – A running coach who
has been living with diabetes for 21 years. Bill is
also on the Board of the Diabetes and Exercise Sports Association.
Jennifer Meyers - A dietician and Certified
Diabetes Educator at the Siegler Center at the Saint Barnabas
Ambulatory Care Center in Livingston, New Jersey.
Andrea Zaldivar – A Certified Diabetes
educator and Director of Clinical Services at the North
General Diagnostic and Treatment Center in New York City.
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