Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Your Call 022808 Is diabetes a public health crisis or an individual medical problem?

Why is diabetes on the rise in United States? On the next Your Call, we will have a conversation about diabetes, one of the fastest growing diseases in this country. The number of Type 2 diabetics has doubled in the past two decades, to an estimated 20 million, with 1 million new cases diagnosed each year. Is diabetes a public health crisis or an individual medical problem? How should the state respond to the dramatic increase in diabetes cases? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Ellen Wu, MPH, Executive Director of California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)

John A. McDougall, M.D. Physician and nutrition expert who teaches better health through vegetarian cuisine

Click to Listen: Is diabetes a public health crisis or an individual medical problem?