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DIABETES AND DIET
Tuesday, March 15th, 2005 -- 3:25 pm
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
March is National Diabetes Prevention Month and National Nutrition Month. Tuesday morning on Viewpoint we were joined by Therese Mollinger-Olson, a registered dietician who works with Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville.
Mollinger-Olson said there are many risk factors that lead to Type-2 diabetes, but obesity is one of the largest factors. Seeing 60-percent of Wisconsin adults are either overweight or obese, diabetes is major problem here in the Badger State.
"An estimated 8-percent of all Wisconsinites have diabetes," Mollinger-Olson explained, "To put that in perspective, that's 2 of every 25 people you know."
Mollinger-Olson said it was very important to check labels when shopping.
"Look at total fat and saturated fat - the bad one," Mollinger-Olson urged, "The very first ingredient when looking at different grain products should say "whole wheat", instead of 'refined' or 'enriched'."
It’s estimated that 18.2-million Americans are diabetic.
If you’d like more information, you can call Memorial Medical Center at 743-3101.
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