The Dakota Medical Foundation has awarded the North Dakota State University Extension Service a $5,000 grant for diabetes education.

The grant will support community-based education that enables people with diabetes and those at risk of developing the disease to make healthier food choices and lifestyle decisions.

“This grant will allow Extension to expand the Dining with Diabetes program to serve more North Dakotans, helping people with diabetes to better control the disease and preventing new cases among those at risk,” says Desiree Tande, interim NDSU Extension Service nutrition and health specialist.

The NDSU Extension Service’s Dining with Diabetes program stresses good nutrition and physical activity as ways to better manage the disease.

The Fargo-based Dakota Medical Foundation focuses its efforts on improving health and access to medical and dental care in the region, with a special emphasis on children. Since 1996, the foundation has invested more than $32 million in 299 nonprofit organizations in the region.

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