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WDD at TUSPM
Mayoral Proclamation
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About World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day (WDD) is the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes world. It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the alarming rise in diabetes around the world. In 2007, the United Nations marked the Day for the first time with the passage of the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution in December 2006, which made the existing World Diabetes Day an official United Nations World Health Day.
In 2007 and 2008, the theme of World Diabetes Day is Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. Type 1 diabetes is growing by 3% per year in children and adolescents, and at an alarming 5% per year among pre-school children. It is estimated that 70,000 children under 15 develop type 1 diabetes each year (almost 200 children a day). Currently, an estimated 440,000 children live with type 1 diabetes globally. Type 2 diabetes was once seen as a disease of adults but today, it is growing at alarming rates in children and adolescents.
(source: worlddiabetesday.org)
WDD at TUSPM
Join Temple as Patti LaBelle’s Boom Boom Choir kicks off this day with song, hear a reading of the Proclamation approved by Mayor Nutter, recognizing World Diabetes Day in Philadelphia, and take the opportunity to get your Cholesterol, Glucose, Blood Pressure screened as well as getting the Flu Vaccine if needed. It’s a one-stop screen event with Mini-Seminars on Hot Topics like; “Gastric Bypass and the Diabetic”; practical on the go nutritional info; as well as Foot and Eye Diabetic Education and screening. Walk-ins are welcome but pre-registration is recommended to be eligible for FREE Lunch with local Jazz quartet, “Reference Point” and Raffle giveaways to the first 200 registrants. Call now to 215-967-4514. Temple University Foot & Ankle Institute, 8th at Race Street (Across from the Police Round House), Philadelphia.
Mayoral Proclamation
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