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Panel urges employers to expand workplace wellness; ADA demos 'State of Diabetes' toolkit
Summary
At a Honolulu ADA event, clinicians and community advocates urged employers to adopt low‑cost workplace measures (healthy meeting choices, walk teams, time-flexible prevention programs) and the ADA demonstrated a free State of Diabetes toolkit with cost calculators, recipe hub and outreach templates.
A panel of clinicians and community advocates at the American Diabetes Association Hawaii event urged employers to make practical changes to support employees with or at risk for diabetes and previewed the ADA State of Diabetes digital toolkit.
Dori, the panel moderator, introduced experts including Dr. Haewon Jeong (Kaiser Permanente / Hawaii Permanente Medical Group), Dr. Alan Parsa (endocrinologist and ADA Hawaii president), Dr. Laurie Tom (endocrinologist) and Dr. Wei Lin (clinical pharmacist, Queen's Medical Center). Panelists recommended employer actions such as replacing sugary…
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