Byesville Rotary

Meeting time: Friday 7:00 am--8:30 am.

Location: Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville .

Club officers 2023--2024

President--Chuck Fair

President Elect/Vice President--Shana Fair

Treasurer--Tanya Hitchens

Secretary--Jordi Harding

Membership Chairs--Jordi Harding, Lisa Groh

Board members:
Shana Fair--term ends June 2025
Jim Bacos--term ends June 2024
-Jan Wilson-term ends June 2026


Thursday, July 25, 2013

Byesville Rotary told risk of diabetes can be reduced





Pictured: Oziel Jeffries, Speaker Host; and Cindy Fisher, Nurse Diabetes Educator, South Eastern Med.

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Note: The Saturday, July  20, chicken BBQ was rained out after only 150 chickens were sold. There are still 100 chickens to be cooked and sold. The club will be holding a "make-up" BBQ this Saturday, July 27, to cook and sell the rest of the chickens. Volunteers are needed for the 2nd shift. Call Chuck--685-2069--if you can help. Thanks.
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Cindy Fisher, Nurse Diabetes Educator from SEMed, described diabetes as a disease in which a person’s blood glucose, or sugar, levels are too high. Glucose comes from the foods a person eats. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose get into a person’s cells to give them energy.

She stated that 9.7% of the population of Guernsey County has been diagnosed with diabetes. Thirty-one per cent of the population over 20 is obese. Being obese increases the chance that a person will get diabetes.

Fisher pointed out that other risk factors for developing diabetes are a family history of the disease, a lifestyle with little or no activity, a person’s ethnic background, developing diabetes during a pregnancy, delivering a baby weighing over 9 pounds at birth, and certain types of illness and medication. While people cannot change their family or ethnic background, they can reduce their risk of getting diabetes by losing weight and getting more exercise.

The two most common types of diabetes are Type 1 which usually affects children and Type 2 which typically affects adults. Fisher stated that in Type 1 a person’s insulin cells are destroyed which means that they will need to be given insulin so that they can use the sugar in their blood.

Fisher pointed out that Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes. Ninety-five per cent of all diabetics have Type 2. Because a person with this type of diabetes does not produce enough insulin, they are unable to use glucose effectively. Symptoms of these diseases include increased urination, increased thirst, and unexplained weight loss.

Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics can be managed but not cured. Fisher indicated that the best thing a person can do is to reduce their risk of getting the disease is to watch their diet and exercise regularly.

Fisher presents diabetes information classes regularly. People who would like to find out more about the disease can contact her at 740-435-2940, to find out when she will be holding her next information session.

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chair Jim Vaughan, 740-260-2969.

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