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More than 20 million people in the United States are affected by diabetes. With so many affected, racial disparities still persist among several populations. This session will describe how to effectively use community mobilization strategies address diabetes and the use of health care services for cardiometabolic risk reduction among diabetics by racial/ethnic groups. Additional presentations will include the use of non-traditional physical activity as diabetes prevention and the effects of diabetes on eye health. Strategies to prevent or reverse pre-diabetes will also be explored.

Session Objectives: • Identify issues in addressing diabetes to reduce health disparities. • Discuss strategies to prevention the development of diabetes or the reversal of pre-diabetes.