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The Depression and Diabetes Connection
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Real Life Benefits of the Diabetes Prevention Program
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Put Your Best Fork Forward: Food Choices for a Healthier Lifestyle
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Put Your Best Fork Forward: Food Choices for a Healthier Lifestyle
National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and this year’s theme is “Put Your Best Fork Forward.” Melinda Mahoney, Registered Dietitian, shares examples of small changes we can make in our eating habits – one forkful at a time!
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Marissa Wertheimer: Welcome to this edition of the Vanderbilt University Health and Wellness Wellcast.
Men's Health Matters with Derek Griffith
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Men's Health Matters with Derek Griffith
Derek Griffith Associate Professor of Medicine Health and Society and Director, Institutie of Men's Health talks about men's health.
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Laura Osterman: Welcome to this edition of the Vanderbilt University Health and Wellness Wellcast. I am Laura Osterman with Health Plus.
Measure Your Waist. Learn Your Risk.
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Diabetes Awareness and Prevention
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Diabetes is a condition in which the body cannot properly use or store glucose (sugar). Sugar provides the energy for the body's cells. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, helps sugar get into the body's cells. In diabetes, either the body does not make enough insulin, or the insulin that is made cannot be used as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in the blood.
How do you know you are at risk?