"Diabetes and Me" will air at 7 p.m. Sept. 3, 1 p.m. Sept. 6, 8 p.m. Sept. 17 and 2 p.m. Sept. 20, said show producer Jim Randall of Communications and Information Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The UNL extension program addresses the topic of how life changes for a high school athlete who learns he has juvenile diabetes.
(Media-Newswire.com) - LINCOLN, Neb. — Life after a diagnosis of juvenile diabetes is the focus of a Nebraska Educational Television program set to air in September.
"Diabetes and Me" will air at 7 p.m. Sept. 3, 1 p.m. Sept. 6, 8 p.m. Sept. 17 and 2 p.m. Sept. 20, said show producer Jim Randall of Communications and Information Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The UNL extension program addresses the topic of how life changes for a high school athlete who learns he has juvenile diabetes.
Robert Kreikemeier of West Point, now a student at Kansas State University, talks openly about his life with juvenile diabetes to an audience of young people and their parents. He explains the feelings he had when he first learned he had the disease and how he learned to manage it in high school with the help of teachers, coaches, parents and friends.
Kreikemeier explains how going to college brought about a new set of challenges, including an irregular class schedule, new meal schedules, social activities and no parents to watch over him.
Diabetes is a growing concern in the United States, said Debra Schroeder, extension educator in Cuming County, adding one in three children born after 2000 will be diagnosed with diabetes at some point in their lifetime. Diabetes can be the result of genetics, but obesity is a major contributing factor, she said.
Contacts:
Debra E. Schroeder Extension - Cuming County Extension Educator ( 402 ) 372-6006
James K. Randall Communications & Information Technology Professor ( 402 ) 472-3035
Lori McGinnis IANR News and Photography ( 402 ) 472-0918
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