Leaders from four Pattaya communities learned about the effects of diabetes and how to prevent the disease at a program organized by the Pattaya Public Health Department.
Health-promotion director Kosama Bunyawanshana and nurse Phatcharin Shinphast hosted the Oct. 6 seminar with 15 members each from the Krathinglai, Soi 5 Thanwa, Arunothai, and Wat Chaimongkol communities.
Health-promotion director Kosama Bunyawanshana (left) and nurse Phatcharin Shinphast (right) host a seminar about the effects of diabetes and how to prevent the disease.
The aim is to have the community members pass on what they learned at the session to foster good health throughout the city.
Officials told them that more than 50 percent of diabetes victims are ignorant that they have high blood pressure and diabetes, one of the top killer disease combinations.
They advised people to get regular checkups, exercise, eat healthily and abstain from alcohol.
