Some prefer to walk, while others run to release their tensions or relieve symptoms of various diseases.But families that face a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in minors, the dilemma would be to remain motionless before the new panorama.
Therefore, the Sugar Free Kid Foundation summons its fourth walk and 5k, "Move and edit yourself for diabetes", on Sunday, December 2 at 10:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m., in two events aimed at raising awareness among the community.
According to the educator Tanya Lee Hernández Rodríguez, the walk will depart from the Caribbean bowling alley in the Laurel preserve to the Mercedes Memorial Park on the PR-14 highway in Ponce, where there will be a health fair simultaneously.
"This walk is aware, where many families with children with type 1 diabetes participate. It is a call to citizens to report, know the symptoms, such as helping in case of emergency, and know differences between the types of diabetes"Said Hernández Rodríguez, founder of Sugar Free Kids.
“In addition, the walk is a call to the Government to cover all the supplies that this community needs and the services they need to maintain a good quality of life.It is also a call to insurers, that the protocols are not so difficult for patients with diabetes, whether type 1 or type 2, ”he said.
While the 5K will be at 4:00 p.m., starting from Coto Laurel Avenue, PR-506 road, to the Mercedes Memorial Park in the PR-14 of Ponce.
“Stay active is the first action that a person must have to prevent type 2 diabetes, because 90 % of the diagnoses that are of type 2 diabetes and in most cases it is totally preventable.But in the case of type 1 diabetes, exercise helps that insulin we are using, the body can absorb it better, ”he said.
“The only thing children cannot do with diabetes is to produce insulin, everything else can do it.Only we have to do a work plan so that these children will not have some episodes of hypoglycemia, but we will be there guiding parents so that they can also be prepared to participate in either of the two events, ”he said.
Hernández Rodríguez stressed that the first 400 people who register for the walk, will receive the official shirt of the event.For 5K, the first 100 will have the shirt with the activity logo.
“We will have medals for the first 200 runners who reach the goal, and awards such as stays in hotels, dinners and other gifts for the first three places in each category.We will only have a female and male category, so there is no age limit, ”he said.
The registration cost is $ 10.For details you can call 787-964-2026, or you can register through mereventoonline.com
