DelTech’s Dover campus to host Diabetes Wellness Expo

By Mike Finney
Posted 6/1/23

The 21st annual Delaware Diabetes Wellness Expo will take place June 20 at Delaware Technical Community College’s Terry Campus in Dover.

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DelTech’s Dover campus to host Diabetes Wellness Expo

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DOVER — The 21st annual Delaware Diabetes Wellness Expo will take place June 20 at Delaware Technical Community College’s Terry Campus.

The free event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Del-One Conference Center, with Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long scheduled to speak at noon.

It’s hosted by the Delaware Diabetes Coalition and sponsored by the Division of Public Health’s Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention and Control Program and its Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Program.

In 2021, more than 95,000 Delaware adults reported that they had been diagnosed with diabetes, according to the Delaware Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. The survey also showed that 84,800 additional state residents had been diagnosed with prediabetes.

According to the coalition, progression to Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed by losing weight, engaging in at least 150 minutes of physical activity weekly and improving one’s diet.

To that end, people with diabetes and prediabetes, as well as their caregivers, employers and health professionals, are encouraged to attend the Diabetes Wellness Expo to learn how to prevent complications of the chronic disease, such as kidney failure, adult blindness, limb amputations, heart disease and stroke.

More than 30 exhibitors and seminars will provide information about diabetes management, nutrition, exercise, medication adherence, hearing and mental health. Plus, diabetes and blood pressure screenings, hearing tests, stress assessments and COVID-19 tests and vaccinations will be offered at no cost.

These tests will be provided by Public Health’s Kent County Mobile Unit, Beebe Healthcare, Delaware State University, Mast Audiology Services and PACE Your LIFE.

A complimentary lunch is also included for registered attendees. To register or become a vendor, visit dediabetescoalition.org/wellness-expo. Vendors must register by June 9. Attendees can register up to the day of the event.

For information, contact director@dediabetescoalition.org or 302-519-6767.

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