{"id":10672,"date":"2024-05-01T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=10672"},"modified":"2024-04-24T17:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:32:30","slug":"black-women-dietitians-launch-platform-diabetes-digital-to-help-reshape-diabetes-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/black-women-dietitians-launch-platform-diabetes-digital-to-help-reshape-diabetes-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Women Dietitians Launch Platform Diabetes Digital To Help Reshape Diabetes Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/diabetes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10673\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/diabetes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/diabetes-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/diabetes-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/diabetes-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of Minority Health&#8217;s 2018 data revealed a stark reality: African American adults were 60 percent more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to receive a diabetes diagnosis from their physicians. This disparity, fueled by racism and barriers to quality healthcare, worsens the diabetes crisis, escalating the risks of heart disease and mortality among those with diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jessica Jones and Wendy Lopez are taking proactive steps to confront these challenges head-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As registered dietitians and entrepreneurs, they launched <a href=\"https:\/\/diabetesdigital.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diabetes Digital<\/a> under their media brand Food Heaven\u2014a virtual nutrition counseling service aimed at transforming diabetes and pre-diabetes management. Currently available in 23 states with plans for expansion, Diabetes Digital signifies a determined effort to reshape diabetes care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Diabetes Digital isn&#8217;t just a platform; it&#8217;s a movement toward personalized and empathetic diabetes management,&#8221; explained Jessica Jones, CEO, in a press statement. &#8220;Leveraging our expertise from Food Heaven, we&#8217;re thrilled to provide a service that truly caters to today&#8217;s clients.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s important that people see themselves in health and wellness so that they\u2019re able to feel like this is attainable for them, because when wellness is constantly marketed as a white woman who is eating really exclusive food, people don\u2019t see themselves represented in that,\u201d said Lopez in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/wellness-people-of-color-food-heaven-made-easy-jessica-jones-wendy-lopez_n_5c93d5dfe4b0e9efc8b5b4c5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huffpost<\/a>. \u201cSo if this is what wellness is positioned as and they feel like wellness is just not something that is for them, it\u2019s important that we have different representations of what wellness means \u2014 for black people, for people who have different body sizes, for people who have physical limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Minority Health&#8217;s 2018 data revealed a stark reality: African American adults were 60 percent more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to receive a diabetes diagnosis from their physicians. 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