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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The CDC says Native Americans person a greater accidental of having diabetes than immoderate different radical radical successful the United States. One associated task betwixt the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the non-profit Project Angel Food is aiming to assistance radical successful the L.A. country conflict the information done diet. Inside the Project Angel Food room successful Hollywood, the meals being prepared are not lone beingness changing, they could beryllium lifesaving. It's the Native American Diabetes Project. "Our extremity of this programme is to alteration the sweetener levels, which is A1C levels," said Dr. Claradina Soto, Keck School of Medicine of USC. The program, started 2 years ago, provides diabetic Native Americans successful L.A. County a 12-week involution of medically tailored meals. There's besides nutritional acquisition and peer-to-peer support... each of it helping to measure not lone carnal but besides intelligence health. "This is escaped of charge. This is nary outgo to you. We don't privation you to fearfulness anything. We privation you to amended your wellbeing," said Dr. Soto. "What we're uncovering is that we're reducing the sweetener levels for radical who unrecorded with diabetes successful the Native American population," said Brad Bessey, Project Angel Food. Native Americans person immoderate of the highest diabetes rates erstwhile compared to different radical and taste groups; that's wherefore the programme is culturally circumstantial and acceptable to help. Copyright © 2022 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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