THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION HOSTS A WORKSHOP
PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES
The American Diabetes Association presents Tools for Healthy Lifestyle and Stress Management to be hosted at SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. The community is invited to this FREE workshop where participants will receive the latest information on healthy diabetes management, the link between diabetes and depression, coping with the daily struggles of weight control and creating an exercise program. The workshop will take place at SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles on Saturday, April 2, 2005 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The workshop is interactive and each participant will leave with a ‘lifestyle action plan’.
SSM St. Joseph Health Center’s Certified Diabetes Educator, Patty Shelton sums it up the need for this workshop, “We are interested in educating the community about how diabetes, heart disease, obesity and depression are affecting Americans at epidemic proportions and in an effort to decrease these numbers, we are working to teach people proper methods in maintaining healthy lifestyles.” Patty is the chairperson of the American Diabetes Association’s St. Charles Education Committee.
Space is limited and RSVP is required. Reservations can be made online on the American Diabetes Association’s local events web page www.diabetes.org or by calling 1-888-diabetes x6826.
Through our events, programs and presentations, the American Diabetes Association is focused to achieve its mission “To prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes”.
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