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Lack of Knowledge of Diabetes Among Arkansas Public Elementary Teachers

Implications for Dietitians
  • MIMI GORMANOUS
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    M. Gormanous is a public health nutritionist, Arkansas Department of Health, El Dorado, USA.
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  • ALICE HUNT
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    Address correspondence to Alice Hunt, PhD, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, PO Box 3167 TS, Room 252 Carson Taylor Hall, Adams Blvd, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272.
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    A. Hunt is a professor, J. Pope is an associate professor, and B. Gerald is an assistant professor, all in the School of Human Ecology, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA.
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  • JANET POPE
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    A. Hunt is a professor, J. Pope is an associate professor, and B. Gerald is an assistant professor, all in the School of Human Ecology, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA.
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  • BONNIE GERALD
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    A. Hunt is a professor, J. Pope is an associate professor, and B. Gerald is an assistant professor, all in the School of Human Ecology, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA.
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90252-X
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      Centers for Disease Control. National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 1998. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/facts98.htm. Accessed
      Date: June 17, 2001
      ). Arkansas ranks fifth among the 50 states in the incidence of the disease (
      Centers for Disease Control. Behavioral Risk Surveillance Survey, 1998. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/. Accessed
      Date: June 17, 2001
      ). Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, once considered to be an adult form of the disease, is increasing in children and adolescents. Recent reports indicate that children with type 2 diabetes account for between 8% and 45% of new cases of diabetes, and almost every child with type 2 is overweight (
      American Diabetes Association. Consensus Statement: Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents.
      Diabetes Care. 2000; 22: 381-389
      ,
      • Gardner S.G.
      • Bingley P.J.
      • Sawtell P.A.
      • Weeks S.
      • Gale E.
      Rising incidence of insulin dependent diabetes in children ages under 5 years in the Oxford region Time trend analysis.
      Br Med J. 1997; 315: 713-718
      ).
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