Woman turns around big diabetes risk factor for Mexican Americans: Her diet

McClatchy Tuesday 7th February, 2012

Maria Medina's life is littered with the destruction of diabetes. Her neighbor had a foot amputated because of the disease. Her mother went blind from it. Her sister died of it.Damage that pervasive is a common experience in the Mexican American community, which has some of the highest rates in a surge of diabetes nationwide. The disease can pro...

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