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To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13065-2002Apr8.html For Tribes, Traditions May Be Key to a Healthier Future By Mary Annette Pember Lorelei DeCora, an Indian Health Service (IHS) nurse and member of the Ho-Chunk (or Winnebago) tribe, had just spent the day in a South Dakota hospital ward in which every patient was a Native American being treated for diabetes-related problems. As she walked out, she noticed the clinic floor littered with pamphlets about how to prevent and treat type 2 diabetes. Suddenly she had a simple realization: "This ain't working." Pamphlets do not change lives. Yet in the Native American community, and among other U.S. minority groups, a great many lives must change if the epidemic of type 2 diabetes is to be stopped or even slowed. Prevalence of the disease, which is often related to a high-fat diet and insufficient exercise, has more than tripled since 1990, and it now affects about 17 million Americans. Last week federal health officials recommended that all overweight adults, and some others at elevated risk, get tested for "pre-diabetes" to prevent the damage that full-blown diabetes can wreak. But in the United States, minorities are anywhere from two to six times more likely than whites to develop type 2 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Native Americans are about three times more likely than whites to have the disease, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says that some groups of American Indians have the highest rates of diabetes in the world, with 50 percent or more of adults in some Native American subpopulations affected. -- Andr� Cramblit: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operations Director Northern California Indian Development Council NCIDC (http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that meets the development needs of American Indians and operates an art gallery featuring the art of California tribes (http://www.americanindianonline.com) ============================================================ Doing your TAXES? Maybe it's time to... BECOME A FOOL! * IRAs * Retirement Strategies plus...Money-Saving Tips & Investing Guides. Get FREE info. Register for FREE with The Motley Fool. http://click.topica.com/caaajOJb1ddNBb2HgmNf/TheMotleyFool ============================================================ Visit and show your support for the Grass Roots Oyate http://members.tripod.com/GrassRootsOyate Clemency for Leonard Peltier. Sign the Petition. http://petitiononline.com/Release/petition.html ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1ddNB.b2HgmN Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
