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Free diabetes meal planning offered

Annie Penn Hospital
08/30/2004

Reidsville (August 30, 2004) - Annie Penn Hospital offers a free way to help diabetics with a tough problem—their diet. A registered dietitian will provide meal-planning advice.

“You can have control with your disease. Heart disease, blindness, amputations and kidney damage should not be inevitable,” Jill Shaw, RN, registered dietitian says. Knowing what to eat and when to eat plays a major role in preventing those diabetic complications.

Starting Sept. 1, diabetics can make an appointment for a consultation with a dietitian by calling Annie Penn Hospital at 951-4673. The free consultations are made possible through a $20,000 grant from the Annie Penn Community Trust.
“Most diabetics receive limited nutrition information from their doctor, who typically doesn't have the training or time to counsel the patient. Patients may receive a brief visit from a dietitian in the hospital,” Shaw says “Nutrition counseling will help a diabetic get the individual, detailed help they need.”

This free program is offered to all whether or not they have insurance.

According to the NC State Center for Health Statistics, 584,000 North Carolinians have diabetes. Up to one-third of diabetics don’t realize they have the disease. People who are overweight, African-American or Hispanic are at greater risk for diabetes.

The Annie Penn Community Trust was created from the July 2001 merger of Annie Penn Hospital and Moses Cone Health System. The mission of the Annie Penn Community Trust is to provide financial support to programs and initiatives, which improve the health, wellness and quality of life of the people in Rockingham County, with an emphasis on the Reidsville area.

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