Register Today for Serve DC's 2nd Annual Forum
on Emergency Planning for Access & Functional Needs Populations
On Monday, September 24th, Serve DC hosts its 2nd
annual Access & Functional Needs Emergency Preparedness Forum. This
free event convenes access-and-functional-needs experts and advocates and emergency-management
professionals for a discussion on how to ensure all District residents' needs
are understood and accommodated in times of crisis.
Speakers and panelists include local and
national experts from the access-and-functional-needs, disability, and
emergency-management communities, including Marcy
Roth, FEMA's Senior Advisor on Disability Issues, and Richard
Devylder, U.S. Department of
Transportation's Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation. Registration
is free, and breakfast and lunch are included. Register online or contact
Jason Williamson for more information.
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September 2012. DC's 2nd Annual Forum on Emergency Planning for Access & Functional Needs Populations
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YES Magazine. Make the Connections: Poverty, Obesity, and Diabetes
How to fight diabetes with better policy—and cut your own diabetes risk by 93 percent.
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by Doug Pibel
posted Sep 04, 2012
How to fight diabetes with better policy:
Combat poverty
People who make $15,000 or less are three times more likely to have diabetes than people who make $50,000 or more, regardless of race.End junk food subsidies
Between 1985 and 2010 the price of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup dropped 24%, while the price of fresh fruits and vegetables rose 39%.
Do 4 things to cut your risk of diabetes by 93%:
Eat healthy
The lowest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the world occur in populations consuming a whole foods, plant-based diet.Lose weight
Exercise
Overweight people walking 150 minutes a week can reduce the risk of developing diabetes by nearly 60%.Stop smoking
Click here for more articles from It's Your Body, the Fall 2012 issue of YES! Magazine.
- The Good Food Cure
What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food? - Your Body, of Water
A storyteller asks what you'd do if you knew your body was part of the water web. - Why Your Health Is Bigger Than Your Body
The new science that explains how politics, economics, and ecology can help or hurt our bodies, and how we can fix an unhealthy world.
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