Free screenings for diabetes will be offered on Saturday August 7 from 9 am 2 p.m. Diabetes Expo at the “Health and Welfare” to be held at the Convention Center Hotel Holiday Inn in Springdale.
Do not ask for ID and is free, said Krista Coffee, deputy director of the Northwest Arkansas office of the American Diabetes Association (ADA for its acronym in English).
Spanish translators will be 12 and there will be information available in English and Spanish, said Lori Bramlett, regional director of ADA.
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin, a hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for living. Its causes are a mystery.
Diabetes can be Type 1, which strikes children and adolescents, and Type 2, which is associated with age, obesity, family history, history of diabetes during pregnancy, low glucose tolerance, physical inactivity, and race or ethnicity.
The Diabetes Expo will run tests to detect the disease. Among the tests to be carried is the ATC takes a drop of blood from the patient’s finger and in five minutes indicates sugar levels. Another test is the glucose test also requires a small sample of blood and cholesterol tests.
There will also be nutritionists and the opportunity to do physical exercises with music, including the visit of Al “Papa Rap” Lopez.
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