Upfront

Residential Campaign Needs Your Help

Shortly thousands of residential campaign volunteers will be knocking on doors across the country in their annual effort to raise diabetes awareness and much needed funds for the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Help us meet our two million dollar goal. Call 1-800-BANTING (226-8464) or visit www.diabetes.ca to contact your regional office and sign up as a residential campaign volunteer and please give what you can when our volunteers knock on your door.

People in Action

With a little help from our friends

The Flynn Family, parents Roger and Donna and sons Matthew and Cameron, is a family living with diabetes. One day after his first birthday, on August 29, 1997, Matthew Flynn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; while, 10 days before his second birthday, on January 2, 2004 Cameron Flynn was also diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.  For this family of four the last nine years has been quite an adventure.

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In the News

• Your gut has taste receptors: Mount Sinai researchers identify link to obesity and diabetes

• The pesky fruit fly could be the key to ending diabetes and cancer

Regional News

Research in Progress

Study searches for clues to self-change

On the surface, following a healthy lifestyle is relatively straightforward: eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly and don’t smoke. But as we all know, changing habits acquired over a lifetime is not so simple.

Funded by the Canadian Diabetes Association, Dr. Véronique Provencher of the University of Toronto is studying the factors that may explain why people have difficulties changing lifestyle habits and how an eight-week self-change program may help people with type 2 diabetes improve their blood glucose management. 

Good for You

Enjoy a harvest of good health

Here comes the fall, and with it come multiple opportunities to stay active, eat healthy and have fun. Here are a few tips:

• Don’t let go of summer. Beat the stress of back-to-school and work by enjoying a visit to a local fair this weekend.
• Harvest your own fruits and vegetables at a local pick-your-own farm. It’s fresh food and exercise, rolled into one.
• Purchase produce at its peak from a farmer’s market. Be adventurous and try a new veggie.
• Find out how you can make tasty and healthy meals.

The Latest Online

What’s new at www.diabetes.ca

Footcare: A step towards good health

Foot problems are very common in people with diabetes and can lead to serious complications. Find out how diabetes affects your feet and what you can do to keep them healthy.

Events Calendar

Attend local Association events in your community…visit the Events Calendar on our website today!