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Diabetes in the South Bronx

A presentation by Germaine Desjarlais-O'Kane, R.N., C.D.E. at the session "Coming to grips with the obesity-linked diabetes epidemic" at the Urban Health Journalism Workshop 2007. Desjarlais-O'Kane is a diabetes educator at the All Med Clinic in the Bronx. The presentation focuses on the eating habits and lifestyles of minorities living in the Bronx with diabetes. (PDF)

Download an MP3 of the talk or see a multimedia version< of O'Kane's presentation.