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TO DAY I N H I S TO RY

The Associated PressToday is Tuesday, Oct.

28, the 301st day of 2014.There are 64 days left inthe year.

Today’s Highlight inHistory:

On Oct. 28, 1914,Yugoslav nationalistGavrilo Princip, whoseassassination of ArchdukeFranz Ferdinand of Aus-tria and Sophie, Duchessof Hohenberg, sparkedWorld War I, was sen-tenced in Sarajevo to 20years’ imprisonment (hedied in 1918); four con-spirators were sentencedto death. (Princip escapedthe death penaltybecause he was under-age.)

On this date:In 1636, the General

Court of Massachusettspassed a legislative actestablishing Harvard Col-lege.

In 1776, the Battle ofWhite Plains was foughtduring the RevolutionaryWar, resulting in a limitedBritish victory.

In 1914, medicalresearcher Jonas Salk,who developed the firstsuccessful polio vaccine,was born in New York.

In 1936, PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltrededicated the Statue ofLiberty on its 50thanniversary.

In 1940, Italy invadedGreece during World War II.

In 1958, the RomanCatholic patriarch ofVenice, Angelo GiuseppeRoncalli, was elected Pope;he took the name JohnXXIII. The Samuel Beckettplay “Krapp’s Last Tape”premiered in London.

In 1962, Soviet leaderNikita Khrushchevinformed the UnitedStates that he hadordered the dismantlingof missile bases in Cuba;in exchange, the U.S.secretly agreed to removenuclear missiles from U.S.installations in Turkey.

O S U E X T E N S I O N

November is American Diabetes MonthNovember is American Dia-

betes Month, and it’s a greattime to raise awareness. Diabetesis a disease that happens whenthe body cannot properly usefood for energy. Type 2 diabetesis linked to an unhealthful dietand sedentary habits.

Approximately 25.8 millionpeople in the United States havediabetes. That’s 8.3% of the U.S.population. Further, 7 million ofthose people with diabetes don’tknow that they have it.

According to a study publishedin Diabetes Care, everykilo9gram of weight that anobese person loses reduceshis/her risk of diabetes by 16%.

The diet and nutritional factors

that have been linked todiabetes and the physi-cal activity elementshave been in previousnews articles. So, to pro-mote the awareness ofAmerican DiabetesMonth, here are a fewtrue or false questions.

1. It is easy to tell ifyou have recently devel-oped type 2 diabetes.

2. Age and being overweight orobese does not increase your riskof developing the disease.

3. You have no control over anyof the risk factors of type 2 dia-betes.

The answer to all of these isfalse. Risk factors for type 2 dia-

betes includes age, familyhistory, prior history ofgestational diabetes, beingoverweight or obese,impaired glucose toler-ance or insulin resistance,physical inactivity, con-sumption of high-fat,high-sugar and a refinedcarbohydrate diet.

Five common symptomsof type 2 diabetes include

increased thirst, increased uri-nation, blurred vision, lack ofenergy and more frequent infec-tions.

Major concerns in SoutheastOklahoma involves our largenumber of seniors. By 75, one infive Americans wioll have type 2

diabetes. Diagnoses of type 2 dia-betes have been on the rise since1990.

We are not helpless regardingthis disease. If we increase thetypes of foods that promote goodhealth and increase physicalactivity, the risks become consid-erably less.

For more information in Pitts-burg County, call 918-423-4120 orlog ontowww.oces.okstate.edu/pittsburg.

LaDell Emmons is the ExtensionFamily and Consumer SciencesEducator for the Pittsburg CountyOklahoma Cooperative ExtensionService. She can be contacted atladell.emmons@okstate.edu.

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