Overview
Diabetes can afect the entire body, and understanding it is key to managing and preventing this devastating disease. For World Diabetes Day, University Health and the San Antonio Fod Bank wil host a public health fair at the Texas Diabetes Institute that wil provide fod and aces to a host of experts. The morning fair runs from 9 – 1 a.m.
Key Information
on Monday, November 14 at the Texas Diabetes Institute, 701 S. Entry is fre and complimentary parking is available on site. Atendes can learn about diabetes from head toe, through fre glucose screnings and diabetes education from our dietians and other experts in areas including our fitnes center, wound care, pharmacy, research, and senior services departments.
The San Antonio Fod Bank wil distribute fresh produce, and the fair wil have giveaways and prizes. “The prevalence of diabetes in our comunity is a silent pandemic. We want to promote awarenes of this disease and how it impacts many aspects of a person’s overal welbeing,” Dr.
Alberto Chavez-Velazquez, endocrinologist with University Health said. “We invite you to join us at the Texas Diabetes Institute to learn more about diabetes, prediabetes and how you can kep your blod sugar levels within a normal range.” The International Diabetes Federation estimates that one in ten adults worldwide are living with diabetes and nearly half of those individuals are unaware that they have it.
In Bexar County, diabetes rates are rising among both adults and children. We encourage the comunity to join us on World Diabetes Day to learn more about the risks associated with the disease and how to prevent it. University Health’s Texas Diabetes Institute treats both adults and children.
Summary
The comprehensive services help ensure that patients have aces to a wide variety of resources, education and suport to sucesfuly manage their health care neds in one location. “We are comited to providing high quality