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The San Antonio EXPO is FREE and includes health screenings, cooking demonstrations, product and service exhibitors, as well as leading experts talking about diabetes management and prevention. Get the latest information on preventing and managing diabetes and its deadly complications to help keep you and your family healthy.

Visit the American Diabetes Association San Antonio EXPO and Join the Millions® in the fight to Stop Diabetes®. Learn how to live healthy, be active, and change the future of diabetes for you and your family.

Saturday, May 18, 2013
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
Exhibit Hall D
200 E Market St.
San Antonio, TX 78206

Have a question about EXPO? Contact Tiffani Paige at 210-829-1765 ext. 6129 or tpaige@diabetes.org.

EXPO at a Glance

• Volunteers Needed!
• Main Stage Speaker Schedule
• Healthy Cooking Demonstrations
• Interactive Family Fun Area
• Senior Living
• Active Living
• Por Tu Familia (Sessions in Spanish)
• FREE Health Screening
• Getting to EXPO San Antonio
• Download the Sponsorship Opportunities brochure.

Volunteers Needed!

Are you interested in volunteering at this year's EXPO. We need your talents and time to help us at this year's EXPO.

For more information, please visit the Volunteer Centeror contact Grace Cobos at 210-829-1765 ext. 6128 or gcobos@diabetes.org.

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Main Stage Speaker Schedule

• 9:30 a.m. Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetics
  Presented by Syed Z. Rizvi, MD.
  Sponsored by Peripheral Vascular Associates.
  Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetics largely remains silent and undetected. Neuropathy blunts pain perception making symptoms of arterial disease less common leading to later diagnosis with more severe lesions than in nondiabetics with patients often presenting with ulcers and critical limb ischemia and thus at higher risk of limb loss and disability. Presentation aims to overview biology and clinical manifestations of peripheral arterial disease in diabetes, discuss early detection and prevention by risk factor control and briefly review present day treatment modalities.

• 10:30 a.m. Diabetes in 2013: What You Need to Know
  Presented by Enrique Caballero, MD.
  Sponsored by Takeda.

• 11:30 a.m. Diabetic Nerve Pain: Why My Feet Hurt and New Ways to Make Them Feel Better
  Presented by Christopher Vejil.
  Sponsored by One Source Medical Group.
  Diabetic nerve pain is a common complication of diabetes. People with diabetes can develop damage to their nerves, most commonly in their feet. This nerve damage can lead to numbness and pain. Treatment of this pain has centered on good control of blood glucose & the use of medications to provide relief from the pain. Within the past few years scientific studies have shown that the use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or TENS is effective for the treatment of diabetic nerve pain. Many TENS devices are inconvenient to use so that this therapy has not been widely adopted. Recently, better designed equipment has become available making this form of therapy an effective choice without the need for more medication.

• 12:30 p.m. Know Your Rights: Fair Treatment for People Who Have Diabetes
  Presented by Deirdre Murphy, Advocacy Chair.
  Everyone who has diabetes deserves to be treated fairly. But, that does not always happen. Unfair treatment (or discrimination) against people who have diabetes may happen in many aspects of daily life. The American Diabetes Association offers information and guidance to those who may be affected. This presentation will offer general information about diabetes discrimination, including examples of where it may happen, how the American Diabetes Association has helped resolve some of these situations and how someone who is treated unfairly because of having diabetes may obtain help from the Association by calling 1-800-DIABETES.

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Healthy Eating Mercado

Sponsored in part by ¡Por Vida!

Schedule of cooking demonstrations:

• 10:15 a.m. Quick Black Bean Breakfast Tacos and Texas Hummus
  Prepared by Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva!

• 11:15 a.m. Quinoa, Mango, and Black Bean Medley
  Prepared by San Antonio Food Bank - Maria Palma, Certified Chef.

• 12:15 p.m. Vegetarian Tamales
  Prepared by Delicious Tamales in partneship with San Antonio Food Bank - Felicita Bernier MS,RD and LuzMyriam Neira, MS, PhD.

• 1:15 p.m. Berry Avocado Smoothie
  Prepared by NuStar Café: The Grill on the Hill - Chef Stephen Poprocki.

• 2:15 p.m. Berry Peach Parfait and Crispy Crunch Coleslaw
  Prepared by Tracy West and Jacque Salame, Nutritionists.
  Sponsored by Walmart.

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Interactive Family Fun Zone

List of Activities:

• Arts and Crafts
• Awards Area
• Basketball – sponsored by Moussa Temple #106
• Diabetes Education – sponsored by American Diabetes Association
• Hoola Hooping
• Jump Roping
• Obstacle Course – sponsored by Balloons Over San Antonio
• Star Wars Group – sponsored by SSCOT
• Silver Star Player - Danielle Robinson

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Senior Living

Sponsored by MCCI Medical Group

Schedule of Events:

• 9:00 a.m. Speaker - Silver Sneakers, Diabetes Information
• 9:30 a.m. Zumba Gold
• 10:00 a.m. Insulin Challenges - Speaker Tokunbor Efeovbokhan GNP-BC, PhD
• 10:30 a.m. Yoga
• 11:00 a.m. Healthy Cooking - Angela Shelf Medearis - The Kitchen Diva!
• 12:00 p.m. Zumba Gold
• 1:00 p.m. Nutrition Program - Speaker Vivian Ayoub, MD

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Active Living

Sponsored by LA Fitness

List of Activities:

• Speed Ladder Drills
• Bosu Stations (Stability Training)
• Medicine Ball Tosses
• Walking Lunges
• Battle Rope Drills
• Cone Drills

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Por Tu Familia (Sessions in Spanish)

Sponsored by Takeda

• 10:00 a.m. Power Over Diabetes Presentation
  Presented by Hannah Davis, UTHSCSA School of Pharmacy.

• 11:00 a.m. Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
  Presented by Dr. John Nava, Por Tu Familia Chairman.

• Noon With All My Heart: Diabetes & Heart Disease
  Presented by Hannah Davis, UTHSCSA School of Pharmacy.

• 1:00 p.m. Everybody Move for Your Health
  Presented by Dr. John Nava, Por Tu Familia Chairman.

• 2:00 p.m. With Open Eyes: Diabetes & Eye Health
  Presented by: Dr. John Nava, Por Tu Familia Chairman.

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FREE Health Screening

• A1C
• Blood Pressure
• Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Cholesterol
• Creatinine (Kidney Function)
• Dental
• Foot Health/Wounds
• Glucose
• Hearing
• Peripheral Vascular Disease/ABI
• Spinal Health Screening
• Vision

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Getting to EXPO/San Antonio

Free Transportation Provided by VIA.

For information on bus routes and schedules, please contact VIA at 210-362-2020.

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