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Racing
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DIABETES IS
COMING! DIABETES IS COMING!
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Racing
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_____________ Join us and Race
against Diabetes! (free
T-shirts!) (This
doesn’t require money, it requires a promise to train . . . !) |
ABOUT RACING AGAINST DIABETES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO? Ø RACING AGAINST DIABETES (RAD) is the
campaign of Racing Against Diabetes Foundation, Inc. (RADF). IRS will recognize RADF as a 501c3 tax-exempt charitable organization shortly. (Contributions are tax deductible.) Ø RADF was started in 2006 by Terry
Dutton and Patty Riddle. Ø
Terry’s the World’s Luckiest Man because he’s had
diabetes for 40 years, and he’s still alive and kicking. Terry is the official RAD cheerleader. Terry doesn’t want you to get diabetes. Ø Patty
has been fighting Terry’s diabetes as his support crew for 30 years. Patty’s Ph.D. thesis studied factors that
influence people to exercise;
Patty—Dr. Riddle—also taught nutrition classes. Patty doesn’t want you to get diabetes. Ø RADF is
about prevention through training and teamwork, not fundraising. RADF—the Foundation—will
never pay any salaries to its directors or officers. The 2007 Tour of America
expenses and RAAM ’06 expenses were paid entirely out of Terry and
Patty’s pockets. Until we come up
with a better idea to get everyone training, contributions will be used only
to purchase more T-shirts to give away! WHAT? Ø
RADF’s purpose is to prevent the epidemic of
diabetes, and also to prevent complications of diabetes for
those who already have it. If we all
train like athletes, we can win the race against diabetes! Ø
RADF will
help us form teams and start training . . . by, among other things, giving
away “I’m Racing Against Diabetes” T-shirts
to get everyone training . . . . Ø
What we all need to do
is: (1) form a team; (2) train with
the team; and (3) express our commitment to training, to everyone we
know. (Pledge to do those things, and we’ll give
you an “I’m Racing Against Diabetes” T-shirt. See our Join Us page to make that
pledge.) Ø You can also get free coaching and cheerleading
from Terry and Patty—see our Coaches/Trainers page, and also our Exercise,
Prevention, and Training Tips pages. WHEN? Ø Now!!
Today!! . . . Or at least this
week . . . please?! We have to show
our kids how to do this. We have to do
this with our kids. Before it’s too
late!! WHERE? Ø Outdoors, on bikes or on foot. Indoors—stationary bikes, treadmills,
anything! At home. At work.
Everywhere across the U.S. WHY? Ø
Because DIABETES IS COMING!
DIABETES IS COMING! Ø Because diabetes will cause so much misery, and
will break first the entire health care system and then the entire country! Ø Because diabetes already causes 82,000 lower-leg
amputations a year in the U.S.—and 44,000 new cases of kidney failure, and 12‑22,000
new cases of blindness. Those figures
will be multiplied if we don’t stop the epidemic! Ø Because the ones we’ll hurt the most if we don’t
prevent diabetes—if we don’t train—are our families, our loved ones! Ø Because diabetes can be prevented! Ø
Because we want you not
to get diabetes, and if you already have it, we want you not to suffer
its “complications”! We can win the race against diabetes! We must! |
The Facts: 15-22
million people in the U.S. have diabetes—but it gets worse—much worse: One in
every three babies born in the U.S. today will get diabetes in their
lifetime—and now many will get “adult-onset” diabetes as kids! We can—and must—change that!! Diabetes
can and does cause kidney failure,
blindness, amputations, heart disease, nerve damage . . . and more. Diabetes
is the 5th leading cause of death in the U.S., not counting its contribution
to heart disease, the #1 killer. Diabetes
hurts everyone, but especially the families of diabetics. The
epidemic rise in incidence of diabetes in the U.S. comes from our failure to
get into training to race against it.
Most cases of diabetes can be prevented by very moderate weight loss. |
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