AWARENESS OF A COMMON DISEASE.

>> DIABETES IS ONE OF THE

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH AND

DISABILITY IN THE U.S.

ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR

DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION,

MORE THAN ONE IN 10 AMERICANS

HAVE DIABETES.

AND A THIRD ARE AT A HIGH-RISK

OF DEVELOPING IT.

AS PART OF DIABETES AWARENESS

MONTH, A LOCAL HEALTH INITIATIVE

IS AIMING TO HELP PEOPLE BETTER

UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN BE A

DEBILITATING DISEASE HOW TO

CONTROL IT AND HOW TO PREVENT

IT.

JOINING US IS LUCY FLORES,

PROGRAM DIRECT FOR FOR CHICAGO

CARES A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE

CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

HEALTH AND THE NONPROFIT

ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH

INSTITUTE.

LUCY FLORES THANK YOU FOR

JOINING US TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE

SHOW.

I AM A FUN OF PUBLIC MEDIA AND

COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.

AND I'M LOVING THE ADDITION OF

BLACK AND LATINO VOICES TO THE

WTTW LINEUP.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

SO LET'S START WITH THE FOCUS OF

THE PROGRAM.

THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DIABETES

TYPE 2.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.

>> YEAH, SO DIABETES THERE IS AN

INCIDENCE OF 34.2 MILLION PEOPLE

LIVING WITH DIABETES IN THE

UNITED STATES.

THE FOCUS OF OUR INTERVENTION IS

CATCHING PEOPLE AT THE

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE OF DIABETES.

SO THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON

PREDIABETES.

>> NOW, WHILE THERE'S NO CURE

FOR DIABETES, THERE ARE WAYS TO

MANAGE IT EVEN PREVENT IT.

TELL US ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS.

>> SURE.

SO IN CHICAGO WE ARE FOCUSED ON

PREVENTING IT THROUGH THE

NATIONAL DIABETES PREVENTION

PROGRAM.

AND SPECIFICALLY THE CHICAGO

CARES DIABETES PREVENTION

PROGRAM AND YOU CAN FIND OUT

MORE INFORMATION ON THE CHICAGO

CARES CPP DOT. ORG WEBSITE BUT

IT OVERS A YEARLONG, A PROGRAM

THAT PROVIDES LIFESTYLE CHANGE

AND COPING AND SUPPORT IN A

GROUP SETTING AND THE COACHING

FOESES ON NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL

ACTIVITY, INCREASING PHYSICAL

ACTIVITY AND ADJUSTING AND

ADAPTING TO HEALTHIER CHOICES.

IT IS A FREE PROGRAM.

IT IS A YEARLONG FORMAT PROVIDED

IN A SUPPORT GROUP STYLE.

>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE

PREDIABETES SIGNS OR INDICATORS

TO LOOK OUT FOR SINCE THERE

AREN'T USUALLY SYMPTOMS?

>> YES, THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

SO THERE ARE SOME RISK FACTORS

THAT ARE BIOLOGICAL MEANING THAT

WE CANNOT CONTROL THEM.

WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFLUENCE

AND CONTROL OVER.

SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE

BIOLOGICAL ARE BEING 45 AND

OLDER, HAVING A PAST FAMILY

HISTORY OF DIABETES, AND

GESTATIONAL DIABETES.

HOWEVER THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS

THAT WE CAN CONTROL AND SUCH AS

BEING MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND

WEIGHT STATUS.

SO THOSE ARE FIVE RISK FACTORS

THAT WE KNOW TO LEAD AND BE SORT

OF INDICATORS OF PREDIABETES.

>> STUDIES HAVE SHOWN BLACK AND

LATINO PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO

HAVE DIABETES THAN THE WHITE

POPULATION.

HEALTH STUDIES ESTIMATE THAT 2.5

MILLION HISPANIC LATINO

AMERICANS AGE 20 AND OLDER HAVE

DIABETES.

CAN YOU DISCUSS THE IMPACT THAT

TYPE TWO DIABETES HAS ON

COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HOW CAN

THOSE INEQUITIES BE BETTER

ADDRESSED?

>> THAT IS SUCH A GREAT

QUESTION, THANK YOU.

PART OF THAT IS IN OUR MORE

AFFLUENT WHITE COMMUNITIES THERE

IS GREATER ACCESS TO A NUMBER OF

RESOURCES, AWARENESS AND

INFORMATION AROUND PREDIABETES

AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION

IN GENERAL.

THERE IS GREATER AND BETTER

ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND BETTER

HEALTHCARE.

HEALTH LITERACY.

AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES, FRESH

FOOD AND NUTRITION AND WAYS OF

PREPARING FOOD.

AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF POOR

DIETING.

EMPLOYMENT SITUATION FOR MORE

AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES MAY MEAN

THAT WE WORK FROM HOME AND

UNLESS AN AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES

THAT MAY MEAN WE WORK IN DIRECT

SERVICE INDUSTRIES THAT PUTS US

IN CONTACT WITH NEGATIVE

FACTORS.

I THINK THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF

THE INFLUENCING FACTORS FOR

NEGATIVE OUTCOMES AND DIABETES

AND PREDIABETES IN OUR

COMMUNITIES.

SO IT'S ABOUT ACCESS TO

RESOURCES AND WHAT WE HAVE IN

OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.

>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, CHICAGO

CARES IS OFFERING FREE DIABETES

PREVENTION PROGRAM CLASSES.

WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM ENTAIL?

AND HOW WILL IT HELP PEOPLE?

WE HAVE A MAP THAT THOSE THE

CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

>> YES, SO IF YOU GO TO THE

CHICAGO CARES WEBSITE, YOU WILL

FIND A CLASS LOCATER WHERE

INDIVIDUALS CAN FIND A VIRTUAL

CLASS BEING DELIVERED ON-LINE

FREE.

AND WILL PROVIDE ALL OF THE

RESOURCES THAT I PREVIOUSLY

MENTIONED AT THAT WEBSITE.

>> LUCY FLORES THANK YOU FOR

YOUR TIME AND YOUR INSIGHTS.

>> THANK YOU HUGO.

TAKE CARE.

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