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12TuesdayJune32014PhotosMariaChurchHealthWellnessDiabetesTownofFortSmithwww.fortsmith.cathelonghoursofworkandstudyyoueachhaveputintograduating.CongratulationsPWKGradsof2014ByMARIACHURCHAudiencesinFortSmithHayRiverandYellowknifetunedintoCanadianfit-nesscelebritiesHalJohn-sonandJoanneMcLeodBodyBreakgurustourNWTshareadviceondiabeteslastweekduringtheBodyBreakduosNWTvisittotalkaboutdiabetes.Thetnessstarstouredthethreecommunitiessharingtipsandtrickstohelppreventdealwithandevenreversediabe-tes-achronicdiseasecharac-terizedbythebodysinabilitytoproduceenoughinsulinorproperlyuseinsulintobreakdownsugarsintheblood.JohnsonandMcLeodsrststopwasinFortSmithforthecommunitysDiabe-tesExpo.Around80peoplecameouttoPaulWilliamKaeserhighschoolMon-daynighttohearfromtheguestspeakers.Thefocusofthepresenta-tionwasChangeyourLifeChangeyourHabitsandtouchedoneverythingfromrecognizingpre-diabetessymptomstodealingwithdiabetesbycreatinghabitsofeatingwellandexercis-ingregularly.DuringtheirpresentationJohnsonandMcLeodspoketotheparentsintheroomstress-ingtheimportanceofsettinganexamplefortheirchildren.Asparentsitssoimpor-tantthatweareallrolemod-els.WedrathersitbackandlistentomusicorwatchTVbutifwedontsetagoodex-ampleforourkidstheywilllearnallkindsofbadhab-itsMcLeodtoldthecrowdinFortSmith.Despitetheheavytopicthetnessstarskepttheaudiencesmoodlightwithsporadicjokesandhumorousreferencestotheircelebritylifestyle.JohnsonandMcLeodputonsimilarpresentationsinHayRiverandYellowknifelastweekallorganizedbytheCanadianDiabetesAs-sociationtoeducateresi-dentsintheNWTaboutthedisease.DiabetesaCanadianepidemicAccordingtotheCanadianDiabetesAssociationmorethan9millionCanadiansarelivingwithdiabetesorpre-diabetes.InanewsreleasesentoutbytheassociationitstatedthatprevalenceratesamongAboriginalpeopleareatleastthreetimeshigherthanthegeneralpopulation.Aboriginalpeoplealsofaceahigherriskforpre-diabe-tesobesityandthedevelop-mentoftype2diabetesatayoungerage.InaninterviewwithTheJournalMcLeodsaiddietandexercisegoalongwayinpre-ventingtheonsetofdiabetesbutdespitealltheknowledgethenumbersarestillreachinganalarminglevel.Theresbeensuchanin-creaseoftype2diabetesWeareallconfusedsometimesaboutwhatweshoulddowhatweshouldeatwhatshealthythisweek.Thesearethethingsthateveryonefacesacrossthecountryhesaid.InordertobreaktheglassceilingapersonmustbereadytomakelifestylechangesandslowlycreatehabitsthatbecomemorepowerfulthancravingsJohnsonsaid.Itsnotaboutthelatestex-ercisemachineorthemostef-cientfat-burningtechniquenotonlywithadultsbutwithchildren.Itsatapointwhereitsanepidemicandsomethinghastobedoneshesaid.Publichealthde-partmentsareabletoprovidetheeducationbutitsstilluptoeveryonetouseservicesprovidedandtousethegymortnesscentres.NortherncommunitiesnotaloneJohnsonsaideverycom-munityinCanadawrestleswithuniquebarrierstohealthyeatingandexercisebutnoneofthemareinsurmountable.itsabouteachpersonchoos-ingthebestmethodtheyenjoyandcancommittobeitrunningwalkingweightsorsportshesaid.Forhealthyeating-evenintheNWTwhereitcanbemoredifcultorexpen-sivetoaccessfreshfoods-choosingthefoodthathastheleastprocessingpossibleeveniffrozenorcannedwillalwaysbethebestop-tionMcLeodsaid.FormoreinformationaboutdiabetesfromtheCanadianDiabetesAssociationvisithttpwww.diabetes.caAsparentsitssoimportantthatweareallrolemodels.WedrathersitbackandlistentomusicorwatchTVbutifwedontsetagoodexampleforourkidstheywilllearnallkindsofbadhabits.JoanneMcLeodBodyBreakHalJohnsonandJoanneMcLeodareallsmilesatPWKhighschoolinFortSmithwheretheygaveapresentationonpreventingtreatingandbeatingdiabeteslastweek.McLeodandJohnsonsharestoriesabouttheirtimeascompetitorsonTheAmazingRaceCanada.FortSmithyouthtakeinthepresentationbyJohnsonandMcLeodlastMondayatPWKhighschool.