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Natividad Prescott, 76, has a history of diabetes but no longer needs to take daily insulin injections because she controls the disease through diet and physical activity.

Posted on: September 11, 2008 at 1:00 a.m.
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Overweight and resigned to whatever fate lay before her as a diabetes sufferer, Natividad "Natty" Prescott is convinced that her life was only saved by the love of a good man.

Posted on: September 11, 2008 at 1:00 a.m.
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Message in De Lima's 'Malasadaville' (Sep 11, 2008)
Comedian Frank De Lima uses songs and jokes to try to get Hawai'i's children to watch what they eat and exercise more so they don't develop diabetes like him.

Diabetes patient Juanita Butac, right, shown with her son Marvin and grandson Alvin, has helped change her family's eating habits. That means little or no soda, sweets and white rice.

Lifestyle changes deliver results (Sep 11, 2008)
uanita Butac, 74, arrived from the Philippines two years ago with a blood glucose level of 255 milligrams per deciliter and has ended up changing the eating habits of her entire household.

Robert Fujiwara, 76, shows the device he wears that holds the catheter used for his dialysis.

Keeping your weight down is 'biggest factor' (Sep 11, 2008)
Robert Fujiwara, 76, lifts weights three times a week and watches what he eats, but still has to rely on daily injections of insulin and a peritoneal dialysis machine at home to treat his type 2 diabetes.
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National Diabetes Education Program
Island: All Islands
Program Type: Diabetes Related Organizations
Provider: National Diabetes Education Program
Program Description: A federally-sponsored initiative that provides free diabetes education materials for people with and at risk for diabetes, including resources for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Materials can be downloaded or ordered online, or by calling a toll-free number.
Phone: 1-888-693-NDEP (6337), TTY: 1-866-569-1162
Fee: Free
Web address: www.YourDiabetesInfo.org
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