Diabetes is a serious disease affecting 20.8 million people (7 % of the About one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes. …
JOIN US DECEMBER 19, 2007 for Diabetic Education and Prevention
For 100 donation, students and staff will be allowed to wear a non-
uniform shirt that has blue in it on 12-19-07
Please remember AMSA appropriate dress guidelines in choosing your shirt
American Diabetic Association has designated the color blue to
represent diabetes awareness and prevention
Donations collected will be given to the American Diabetic Association
for diabetic care for children
All students will receive Warning Signs of Diabetes handouts and
information sheets will be e-mailed to parents
Diabetes is a serious disease affecting 208 million people 7 of
the population of the US population 176,500 of those people are
aged 20 years or younger
About one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1
diabetes
In Massachusetts, within the past 10 years, the occurrence of Type 2
Diabetes has doubled in children ages 9-18
CDC predicts that 62 million people are undiagnosed and that 54
million are pre-diabetic in the United States
Diabetes is the sixth leading Cause of Death in the United States
Visit wwwdiabetesorg for more information and materials on
prevention and awareness
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