By SHALEEKA POWELL
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
Examples of recommended healthy food in Ellen Bauersfeld’s office. (Photo by Shaleeka Powell/ El Nuevo Sol)
California State University Northridge (CSUN) campus mimics the greater population and sees an increase of diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic disease that is on the rise. If you have diabetes, you are at least twice as likely, as someone who does not have diabetes, to have heart disease or a stroke.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 18 million people in the U.S. population were diagnosed with diabetes.
The results of the National College Health Assessment done by the center every two years on CSUN’s campus shows that 1 percent of the students have been diagnosed or treated for diabetes by a professional within the last 12 months.
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