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Safe at School Diabetes Training at Washington Nationals Diabetes Care Center

Contact: Patricia Kearns / 202-331-8303 ext. 4538

Email: Pkearns@diabetes.org

Diabetes at School Seminar at Children’s National Medical Center

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Washington, DC (11/05/13) –The American Diabetes Association invites local Washington area residents to a Safe at School Training at the Children’s National Medical Center from 6:00PM – 8:00PM in support of American Diabetes Month (November). 

Parents, educators, and children will learn important information about living with diabetes and the ADA’s Safe at School program.  Students will also learn about consequences, management, and prevention of type 2 diabetes and how to reduce the risk of diabetes through healthy lifestyle choices.

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Nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States live with diabetes, along with an additional 79 million Americans who are high risk for type 2 diabetes.  Recent CDC estimates project that as many as one-in-three  children born since 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime if current trends continue.

Date: 11/05/13

Time: 6:00PM – 8:00PM

Place:  Washington Nationals Diabetes Care Center at Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington DC 20010

Registration:  www.diabetes.org/safeatschooldc (Parking will be at most $7 dollars.) or call 202-331-8303 for information

Metro Red Line: Catholic University/Brentwood. Regular shuttle buses run from station to Children’s every 15 minutes

About American Diabetes Month

American Diabetes Month was established to communicate the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of diabetes prevention and control.

Diabetes doesn’t stop.  It is 24/7, 365 days a year.  To showcase the extraordinary effort it takes to live a day with the disease, the American Diabetes Association will ask attendees to submit a personal image to the Association’s Facebook mosaic representing what A Day in the Life of Diabetes means to them. 

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