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What is Diabetes: Diabetes Awareness workshop by Bio Innovation Zimbabwe #263Chat

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Channel: 263Chat · 2017 · News & Politics

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What you need to know  About Diabetes 

Zimbabwe Diabetes Awareness Workshop
Friday, July 21

Mini Health Fair (upon arrival)
Participants will spend the first 45 or so minutes of the day visiting vendor booths to learn about various services available to them. The focus will be on companies and organizations from the health, exercise, food, and nutrition sectors. To conduct Diabetes Risk Assessments, one of the stalls at the mini-fair will be a health screening station. Participants will be required to complete:
Diabetes risk assessment quiz
Weight, height measurement
BMI calculation
Waist circumference
Blood pressure
Cholesterol screening (if possible)
Random blood glucose (if possible)

Participants will then receive a sheet indicating all results which we’ll go over during the “What is Diabetes” session, where participants can review their own results against risk factors presented during the talk.

Diabetes Awareness Session Agenda

Session 1: What is Diabetes?
During this session we’ll go over:
Signs and symptoms
Risk factors (the precursors to diabetes and their risks—insulin resistance, gestational diabetes)
Causes (the effects of weight on insulin resistance and diabetes)
Participants will review the numbers from their screening individually
Why diabetes is on the rise in Zimbabwe
Pharmacological management of diabetes (medications and mechanisms, drawbacks)

Session 2: Food as Medicine
This session will cover:
The effects of western-inspired diets on your body
Role of traditional foods in maintaining good health
What a healthy plate looks like (portion control)
Sourcing and using traditional ingredients as part of your daily eating

Session 3: Easy, Healthy Snacking
Next we’ll show you how easy and delicious it is to snack healthy using traditional ingredients! Participants will have a chance to mix their own healthy snack packs at their tables and to take home with them and enjoy.


Session 4: Metabolic Effects of Stress
In this session we’ll discuss:
What is stress and how it affects your health
How to better cope with stress in your daily life

Session 5: The Benefits of Physical Activity
Our wellbeing and fitness experts will talk to you about: 
Why physical activity matters
Useful recommendations on physical activity
Options for incorporating exercise into your routine
What not to do when it comes to exercise (don’t go to extremes!)

Session 6: Let’s Move Our Bodies with Africa Dance and Wellness!
Last, we’ll have a fun mini-exercise session set to great music, led by Africa Dance and Wellness. 

Lunch
At the end of the workshop we’ll have lunch together. Lunch will feature both traditional foods prepared in traditional ways as well as traditional foods prepared in fresh, modern recipes for everyone to taste and enjoy. Participants will have a chance to apply what they’ve learned to the choices they make at lunch about what to eat and how to arrange their plates.

After lunch there will be time for participants to mingle and network with each other, visit the stalls again and ask questions. You’ll be encouraged to link up with other participants who live in your same area (or attend the same gyms, churches or schools) to form support groups (for example, walking groups). Additional resources and information on diabetes awareness and prevention will be available as well.

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