Food for Life / Comida para la Vida

African and Latino Americans have higher rates of diabetes and its complications than White Americans. Identifying people with undiagnosed diabetes and helping them obtain care can help to prevent complications and mortality. To kick off a screening initiative, our community-academic partnership created the "Food for Life Festival," or "Festival Comida para la Vida." This article will describe the community's perspective on the Festival, which was designed to screen residents, and demonstrate that eating healthy can be fun, tasty, and affordable in a community-centered, culturally consonant setting. More than 1,000 residents attended the event; 382 adults were screened for diabetes, and 181 scored as high risk. Fifteen restaurants distributed free samples of healthy versions of their popular dishes. Community residents, restaurateurs, and clinicians commented that the event transformed many of their preconceived ideas about healthy foods and patient care

Diabetes mellitus · Environmental health · General partnership · Healthy eating · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Diabetes Management and Education · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Gerontology

• Barriers to Buying Healthy Foods for People With Diabetes

  Carol R Horowitz, Kathryn A Colson et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2004

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