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Article: HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and VHA Health Foundation Launch Initiative to Educate Hispanics and American Indians About Dangers of Type 2 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes in Children is an Emerging Epidemic in the Unite States.
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- October 14, 2002
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WASHINGTON -- The VHA Health Foundation announced today a hospital/school partnership program designed to increase the awareness and prevention of type 2 diabetes among Hispanic and American Indian children in 25 communities nationwide. The initiative, funded through a grant from the Novartis US Foundation, is designed to help reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among children by teaching families about basic nutrition and fitness, which can help manage or even prevent the onset of the disease.
"Improving the health of all Americans in general and in minority populations such as Hispanic and American Indian is a top priority of this administration," said ...
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