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Texas community fights back against diabetes epidemic
A nonprofit in one southwest Houston neighborhood is taking on the diabetes epidemic. Gulfton Home Community has permission from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to teach the agency's Diabetes Prevention Program in Spanish to residents in the area, which is majority Hispanic. Osvaldo López, chief health officer for Gulfton Home Community, said their "Chau Diabetes" program includes on-site community health workers, Zumba classes and an online support group. "Obesity is higher in the Latino community, so diabetes is a real problem. We are told by principals and nurses they are seeing children 6, 7 years old that have prediabetes," López reported. The program started last year and has more than 100 in-person participants. More than 16% of Hispanics in Texas have been diagnosed with diabetes, which is higher than the national average. Causes can include genetics, lifestyle and systemic factors. Virginia Córdova, director of operations for Gulfton Home Community, said mothers and children are participating in the Zumba classes together and they're teaching participants how to modify meals to include healthier choices. "They are losing weight and they are feeling better, and this is also expanding for their families, for their kids, their husbands. And also they are
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