The Diabetic Society of Cartagena, Sodicar, yesterday inaugurated the lecture series framed within the XI Week Diabetic Cartagena.
The event was attended by the Councillor for Social Care, Antonio Calderon, President of Sodicar, Maria Dolores Garcia and ARQUA director, Xavier Nieto.
The lecture series was started by Doctor Juan Madrid with the presentation Feed your child well.
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In it, he recommended attendees watch your diet and resume eating soups and stews.
Also, the doctor stressed the importance of reading labels before adding the product to the shopping cart.
The program will continue on Thursday 15 at 18.30 in ARQUA museum, where you can visit the building.
Already at 19.30 conference will Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Diabetes Mellitus.
The nurses and teachers taught at the School of Nursing, Peter Simon Cayuela.
The week diabetic Cartagena is framed within the celebrations of the World Day of the disease, which is held every November 14, the annual event serves to generate worldwide awareness of the problem of diabetes, the rapid everywhere increasing rates of morbidity and how to prevent the disease in most cases.
The World Diabetes Day, instigated by the International Diabetes Federation and WHO, is celebrated on 14 November to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, had a role in the 1922 discovery of insulin, a hormone that allows treating diabetics and lifesaving.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena