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NANAY Holds Community
Workshop on Diabetes and Nutrition Miami, Florida - July 2011 A Health/Diet Community Workshop was held at the NANAY
Center on July 9, 2011, attended by elders
and other members of the community
who were interested in their health. The
Diabetes Educator, Dr. Norma Gonzalez, who holds a PhD in Nutrition, and who
currently represents Novo Nordisk, Inc.,
explained the causes, signs and symptoms of diabetes, how to read food
labels, and what kind of food to eat in order to control one?s blood sugar
level. Dr. Antonio Wong, Medical Director of Doctors Plus, also talked about
Medicare, the new Obama health plan with emphasis on preventive health care, and
answered personal health questions and concerns from the audience.
This was the first of a series of
health workshops for the community, sponsored by Doctors Plus Medical Center.
Volunteer nurses from the community also provided blood pressure check-up and measured sugar levels of the elders during the event.
The scheduled workshop will deal with "Pain
Management, the Holistic Way", and will be held at the NANAY Community Center on
tAugust 20th, 2011
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