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=====Lifestyle Modification for Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention===== | =====Lifestyle Modification for Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention===== | ||
=====For Karen Washington, it’s obvious: bringing healthy foods to her community is a social justice issue, and she’s a committed activist.===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/blood-sugar-rising/home/portraits/karen-washington/ by Karen Washington] | |||
Karen Washington had a long career in rehabilitation and physical therapy in New York City, where she had great relationships with her patients because, as she says, “I cared.” She became an advocate for her patients and continued that activism when she became an urban farmer and healthy eating educator. She also connects her interest in diabetes to her brother, who died of diabetic complications in 2010. | |||
=====Laura Grueser loves cooking and sharing food, a key part of Appalachian culture, but she was surprised to find out how little her diabetes patients knew about eating right.===== | =====Laura Grueser loves cooking and sharing food, a key part of Appalachian culture, but she was surprised to find out how little her diabetes patients knew about eating right.===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/blood-sugar-rising/home/portraits/laura-grueser/ by Laura Grueser] | [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/blood-sugar-rising/home/portraits/laura-grueser/ by Laura Grueser] | ||
