Stoops to speak at breakfast focusing on diabetes program
Stoops to speak at breakfast focusing on diabetes program
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From Staff Reports
Published: July 18, 2008
The American Diabetes Association will host a breakfast July 31 at the Oklahoma History Center to increase awareness about diabetes in the workplace.
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High cost of disease
According to the association, diabetes cost Oklahomans nearly $2 billion in 2006, including $595 million in lost productivity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 10.2 percent of Oklahomans have been diagnosed with diabetes.
"Sick employees affect the bottom line,” said Diane Serantakos, executive director of the American Diabetes Association in western Oklahoma.
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