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Addressing Food Insecurity in North Carolina

by Tracy Scott
North Carolina Alliance for Health Corner store healthy food access diabetes eating snacks beverages stores
More than 2 million people in our state are food insecure and can’t easily access healthy food. These residents suffer from high rates of diet-related diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some kinds of cancer, and other chronic conditions. 
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Improve Diabetic Symptoms with Exercise

by Parul Kharod, MS,RD, LDN, WakeMed Hospital
Improve Diabetic Symptoms with Exercise
While there is no cure for diabetes, it can be controlled in many cases — and having pre-diabetes does not make developing Type 2 diabetes a foregone conclusion.
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