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Diabetes Self-Management Class Scheduled

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By Ken McVay - bio | email

The first in a series of free diabetes self-management classes – What is Diabetes, Anyway? – is being offered at the Bay County Health Department from 5:45 – 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 23, 2012.  The class will be facilitated by a Certified Diabetes Educator and is appropriate for people with diabetes as well as their caretakers and family members.  Through group discussion, participants will learn the answers to these and many other questions: 

  • How does the body normally control blood glucose?    
  • How and why did I get diabetes?
  • What's the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes?   
  • What is prediabetes?
  • Will I always have diabetes?

The class will meet in the auditorium at the Bay County Health Department, 597 W. 11th Street, Panama City, FL 32401.  The class is free and open to the public.  Please call Lisa Rahn at (850) 872-4455 Ext. 1344 or email her at lisa_rahn@doh.state.fl.us to preregister.

The rest of the classes in the series are: 

  • August 30, 2012 - Know Your Numbers
  • September 13, 2012 - Just Tell Me What to Eat!
  • September 20, 2012 - High Blood Glucose/Low Blood Glucose

The Bay County Health Department is located at 597 W. 11th Street, Panama City, FL 32401.  For more information about the Bay County Health Department, visit us on our website at www.baycountyhealth.org.  For more information about diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association website at http://www.diabetes.org/.

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Information provided by the Bay County Health Department