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Show The American Diabetes Association As-sociation - Utah Affiliate has scheduled a public meeting for Nov. 4, 19T6, 7:30 p.m. at the So. Davis Branch Library, 725 South Main in Bountiful, stated by Janet Gill, chairman chair-man of the Utah Affiliate's Parent and Youth Committee and member of the affiliate's board of directors. REPRESENTATIVES of the Utah Affiliate will be present to discuss the or-. or-. ganization of a Utah Affiliate Unit in South Davis County. Such a unit will implement and promote diabetes education educa-tion programs for patients, health professionals, the general public and support diabetes research. The most recent national information lists diabetes and its complications as this country's number three killer and number one cause of new cases of blindness. Statist show that the disease i, increasing m prevalence at six percent per year rate. THESE FACTS emphasize the need for a local organization organiza-tion to provide the needed patient education and public information. "There are approximately 2000 diabetics m South Davis County and all provide tlS'.v |
