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To honor and recognize the Second Global Diabetes Summit, being held at The Ohio State University from November 14th to November 17th, 2012.
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WHEREAS, the Central Ohio Diabetes Association reports that in Central Ohio, over 200,000 people have diabetes, there are 13,000 new cases every two years, half of all diabetics are undiagnosed, and one in ten people will develop diabetes in their lifetime, with the CDC projecting that number to rise to one in three in the next 20 years if changes aren't made; and
WHEREAS, diabetes affects people from all walks of life, and it takes a particular toll on poor and minority communities; for instance, Columbus Public Health's Office of Assessment & Surveillance reports that in Franklin County, African-Americans are 2.6 times more likely than whites to die of diabetes; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's Diabetes Research Center will present the Second Global Diabetes Summit, New Horizons in Diabetes: Genetics to Personalized Health Care, November 14th-17th at the Ohio Union; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the summit is to provide screenings to people who might not otherwise have access to them and to help people learn to live with, overcome, and prevent diabetes through a healthy lifestyle; and
WHEREAS, during this three-day symposium, diabetes experts will present the latest outcomes in diabetes research and formulate an interdisciplinary road map for prevention, detection, management and treatment of diabetes; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby honor and recognize the Second Global Diabetes Summit, being held at The Ohio State University from November 14th to November 17th, 2012.