Nicole Johnson Inspires Children and Families with Diabetes and Discusses Blood Sugar Control
Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999, will inspire and speak to children at the national Children with Diabetes Conference in Pasadena, Calif. on July 18-21, 2002. Interviews available.
(PRWEB) July 13, 2002
Nicole Johnson Inspires Children and Families with Diabetes and Discusses Blood Sugar Control
Friends for Life: National Children with Diabetes Conference
Pasadena Convention Center
July 18-21, 2002, Pasadena, CA
Managing diabetes is a challenge, even to the most dedicated people.
Balancing insulin with food and exercise is a difficult task
That requires discipline, knowledge and education.
-- Nicole Johnson To Share Personal Experience --
WHAT: Former Miss America Nicole Johnson will be available for one-on-one interviews during the Friends for Life: National Children with Diabetes conference. She will share her inspiring personal experience with diabetes and how she stays healthy using an insulin pump. Pump users can set insulin delivery to suit their individual needs, with the goal of keeping blood sugar levels in check around the clock.
New studies presented at the ADA annual meeting found that insulin pumps provide tighter glucose control than any other insulin delivery method for many diabetes patients. Achieving tight glucose control with a pump can reduce the risk of eye disease by up to 76%, nerve disease by up to 60% and kidney complications by up to 56%. Furthermore, tight glucose control can prolong a patientÂ’s life an average of five additional years.
In Los Angeles County, approximately 657,064 adults have diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed). Approximately 4,629 youth are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (from the Diabetes Control Program, California Dept of Health Service, 2000).
WHO: Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999, National Spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association, and author of “Living with Diabetes”
Nicole was diagnosed with diabetes as 19 year-old sophomore at the University of South Florida. She immediately started intensively managing her disease with more than four insulin injections a day. But, Nicole still was unable to effectively control her blood sugar levels. ThatÂ’s when she switched to insulin pump therapy.
Crowned Miss America in 1999, Nicole spent her 12-month term educating the public about diabetes. She currently serves as an international spokesperson for numerous organizations, including the ADA, and is the founder of Take the LEAD, an educational program to increase Leadership, Education and Awareness in Diabetes.
Currently, Nicole is lobbying in Congress with the ADA to increase funding for diabetes research.
WHEN: July 18 through July 21, 2002
WHERE: Nicole Johnson will be available for one-on-one interviews
TO ARRANGE A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW CONTACT: Kenneth Hooper
Ketchum
415-984-6157
