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Ontario Standing Up To Diabetes

November 12, 2009 12:00 PM

McGuinty Government Making Progress on Diabetes Strategy

Ontario is taking important steps that will enable more people with diabetes to live healthy lives, while reducing the number of people who develop the disease.

The province is announcing targets to ensure that Ontario's Diabetes Strategy is producing results for Ontarians. The targets include: more....

Diabetes Quick Facts

  • There are already 261 diabetes education teams helping 310,000 Ontarians.
  • Eleven of the new diabetes education teams will be located in Aboriginal communities.
  • Only 34 per cent of people with diabetes receive all three recommended tests: cholesterol, a retinal eye exam and the HbA1C test within the recommended guideline period.

Kraft Foods have an excellent site at ....http:// www.kraftcanada.com/diabetes