Find out how your company can receive free tools, resources and technical assistance to help assess, plan and implement a workplace wellness plan custom-designed for your location. Check out
www.mspwellness.com
for more information.
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We're recognizing American Diabetes Month. Millions of people around the world live with or know someone living with diabetes. Regardless of the type of diabetes, diabetes isn’t yet a curable disease. However, it is a very treatable disease and people with diabetes can live long, healthy and happy lives. The goal of this month's newsletter is to provide you with the information, tools and resources to help make that happen.
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Enrolling the 2019 mspWellness Cohort
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Workplace wellness programs do not need to be complicated or expensive to work. Companies of all sizes can create healthier work environments and support healthier behaviors among their employees.
The chamber, with support from the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) and the Minneapolis Health Department, would like to engage 10-15 employers that are motivated to build employee work site wellness initiatives allowing employees access to healthy choices in the workplace for the 2019 cohort. Work sites will not only have access to technical assistance, but they will also have the benefit of a peer-to-peer network as part of the cohort.
If you are interested in learning more or joining the cohort, please register for the Cohort Information Session on November 29.
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8 Things You Didn't Know About Diabetes
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The
American Diabetes Association (ADA) estimates that people with diabetes spend 2.3 times more on medical expenses than people without the disease—all the more reason to take prevention seriously or, if you’ve been diagnosed, to manage it as best you can. The older you get, the greater your risk is. Check out this article from Parade to learn 8 things you may not have previously known about diabetes.
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World Diabetes Day: 10 simple ways to raise awareness this month
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November is always an exciting time: The year is about to end, Thanksgiving is around the corner and the weather cools down. But November is also the time of the year when all eyes are on diabetes. World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by the
International Diabetes Federation and the
World Health Organization (WHO) in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. Every year, the World Diabetes Day campaign focuses on a dedicated theme that runs for one or more years. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018-19 is Family and Diabetes.
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University of Minnesota research hopes to find cure for diabetes through pig cells
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The next great discovery in the fight against diabetes will likely come from an unexpected source: pigs. It's a line of research being overseen by Dr. Bernard Hering at the University of Minnesota, modifying cells from a pig's pancreas to match human ones that have long been used for cell transplants. The goal is to help patients ultimately live without daily injections of insulin. However, a shortage of human donors and side effects caused by immunosuppressants make the procedure costly and lead to a long, tough recovery.
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Featured Workplace Wellness Resources
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I Can Prevent Diabetes
program
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The
I Can Prevent Diabetes (ICPD) program is a cost-effective, proven program led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Program providers help participants at high risk for type 2 diabetes - a condition commonly known as prediabetes - make lifestyle changes. This is a one-year program where participants meet once a week for 16 weeks, then once a month for the remainder of the year to maintain healthy lifestyle changes.
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Do you have prediabetes? Risk test
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86 million American adults, more than 1 out of 3, have prediabetes. Prediabetes is when your blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. However, you can make changes to help prevent type 2 diabetes. Take the risk test to see if you may have prediabetes, and then see your doctor to get your blood sugar tested.
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Diabetes at Work is a resource of the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a program of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes at Work is the first online resource specifically designed to address the prevention and management of diabetes in the workplace. Topics include basics about diabetes and workplace wellness, wellness program planning, diabetes prevention, diabetes management, complications of diabetes, healthy lifestyle issues including weight management, healthy lifestyle issues and tips unique to managing diabetes on the job.
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Did You Know?
There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings surrounding diabetes. The American Diabetes Association and those living with diabetes want to not only debunk those myths, but also help educate people on what living with diabetes really means. Check out these diabetes myth busters to learn more about diabetes and its risk factors.
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mspWellness is the result of a partnership between the Minneapolis Regional Chamber (MRC) and the Minneapolis Health Department (MHD). MRC and MHD are working together to assist business members create healthier work environments.
This partnership is made possible by the Minnesota Department of Health’s Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) and Community Wellness Grant, funding that serves as a powerful catalyst for creating healthier communities. Through SHIP, the Minneapolis Health Department partners with schools, neighborhoods, worksites, and clinics to make sustainable community driven changes that help everyone eat healthy, be active, and live tobacco free.
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