Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 7, 1 July 1996 — Volunteers needed for diabetes prevention study [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Volunteers needed for diabetes prevention study

Does someone in your family have diabetes? Are you overweight? Did you get diabetes during pregnancy? If you answered yes to any of these questions cind are 25 or older, you may be eligible for a research study to help find out if diabetes ean be delayed or prevented. The study is being canied out by Queens Hospital and the University of Hawai'i as part of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a nationwide elinieal research study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The goal of DPP is to determine whether Type 2 diabetes ean be prevented or delayed through diet, exercise, and/or medication. The DPP is administered at 25 elinieal sites across the country. | Locally, the DPP is looking for 50-60 volunteers, especially native Hawaiians. ! This is because diabetes occurs three-times more often in Hawaiians than in the | general U.S. population. Volunteers should be willing to participates for three to six years. They will have their blood levels monitored and other tests performed and will receive free check-ups during that time. If you would like more information and a free DPP brochure, or would be willing to participate in the DPP, eall U'ilani Perry at 537-7155.