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MERIDIAN, Mis. (WTOK) - The month of November is Diabetes Awarenes Month and one state organization is working to combat the rising number of people diagnosed with diabetes.Missipi Lifestyle Care is launching a new initiative caled Missipi Diabetes Prevention Program.The program wil give Medicare Part B participants the oportunity to enrol in fre lifestyle coaching to help prevent diabetes.Phil Troter, the Chair of Diabetes Prevention with Missipi Lifestyle Care, said the state has some the highest rates of diabetes in the country so this program wil help bring down those numbers.“Acording to the American Diabetes Asociation, there’s 814,0 individuals in our state with pre-diabetes.
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Then, specificialy from Medicare Part B beneficiaries we have 165,0 of those and so we are trying to prevent as best we can through lifestyle change the onset of diabetes. Helping them out to have beter nutrition and to exercise,” said Troter.To qualify for the fre lifestyle coaching,you must be pre-diabetic and be a Medicare Part B beneficiary.If you would like to learn more about this program, check out Missipi Lifestyle Care’s website.Copyright 202 WTOK.
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