There is an estimated 2.5 million Hispanic/Latino American adults, 20 years or older, with diabetes. That is a big number right? How many people do you know with diabetes? My Grandmother, Dad, Uncle, and several Aunts had diabetes. In fact, before her death one aunt lost both feet to diabetes. This is just one of the reasons I try to make sure my own children stay healthy. Not just their bodies but also their eyes because 80% of what kids learn is through visual learning.
Through its partnership with the American Diabetes Association {ADA}, Transitions Optical is getting the truth about eye care and diabetes out into the community. Transitions is helping to educate and motivate consumers nationwide, paying particular attention to ethnics groups such as Hispanics, African American and Asian American, to visit an eye doctor regularly for comprehensive eye exams, helping with the early detection of vision conditions. Transitions is offering free vision screenings in both Chicago and New York City. The ADA Expo will be in Chicago on Saturday, April 14, from 10am to 4pm at McCormick Place Chicago. They will be in New York City on November 3rd.
None of my children wear eyeglasses yet but I do. Ii have had my glasses since I was in high school and my sister is blind as a bat without her glasses. I wear sunglasses to help prevent me from harmful ultraviolet radiation and because my mother always told me that blue eyed people should always wear sunglasses since the sun is harsher on blue eyes. I have learned thanks to Eye Didn’t Know That that the average child receives three times the annual UV exposure than an adult. Can you imagine that? This is where Transitions Lenses can really help you. The Eye Didn’t Know That! program developed by Transitions is both an educational and entertaining website where families can learn more about their vision care.
I really love the games, activities, and even recipes that I found on the site all of which encourage healthy eyes. My kids always enjoy a good Memory Match game and thought the Optical Illusions were tons of fun! There is even a Spanish based site, Yo No Sabia Eso, where you can also play games, download activities and much more.
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Wow those are some high numbers my grandfather died from diabetes and my mil has it so there is definitely family history of diabetes in both mine and hubby’s family’s
We have alot of diabetes in my family too. Not sure about the blue eyed thing, but if you have blue eyes you generally are fair skinned and you do sunburn quickly (I am blue eyed too)
Other than my MIL we don’t seem to have diabetes in our family. My son, though, wore glasses from 2nd grade through his teen years. When he started medical school he had the Lasix to fix his near-sightedness.
I am very grateful for early eye exams–I had no idea that he needed glasses that early and almost certainly should have been checked much sooner.