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  • May 2

    Type 2 diabetes was once considered an adult disease. Not so anymore. Kids are being diagnosed at an alarming rate, and now a new study says that these children are going to have a tougher time getting the disease under control. Did you know that diabetes disease is the 7th leading silent-human k... See More

    • Brenda Addario Leavitt
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  • December 5, 2011
  • December 5, 2011
  • March 31, 2011

    Unless our country changes course, one out of three children will face life with diabetes. We must help children to prevent obesity--leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Even as obesity is on the rise, physical education programs have been drastically cut back in schools. The Department of Health... See More

    • Alicia Leavitt
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  • March 13, 2011

    Just returned from Washington, DC where the American Diabetes Association Advocates got our voices heard on Capitol Hill. Met with Sen. Snowe from Maine, Senator Susan Collins office, Congressman Mike Michaud, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Senator Shaheen from NH. Miranda got heard! Went ... See More

    • Lea McDonald
    • Samantha Rose Lettiere
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