The Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine - Miyagi Community Health Promotion Program in collaboration with the Miyagi Prefecture Diabetes Prevention Council will hold free diabetes screenings to coincide with World Diabetes Day on November 14. World Diabetes Day is a large-scale campaign to raise awareness on diabetes, with events taking place all around the world.
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The World Diabetes Day logo is the blue circle, a logo which was adopted in 2007 to mark the passage of the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution. The colour blue reflects the sky that unites all nations. The blue circle signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes pandemic.
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| Sendai TV Broadcasting Tower | The statue of Date Masamune |
In solidarity with the awareness campaign, towers, monuments, parks, and hospitals, will light the sky with blue at various locations throughout Japan. In Sendai, the Sendai TV Broadcasting Tower and the statue of the famous samurai Date Masamune will both be lit from November 7~November 14, from 6pm until midnight.
Event program :- 1. Free screenings for blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c
2. Brief examination for periodontal disease
3. Health and nutrition consultation
4. Nutrition information display (calorie, salt, sugar, etc.)
5. Poster presentation on lifestyle related diseases
6. Metabolic syndrome diagnosis
Event locations :Sendai
Date: November 9 , 2014
Time: 12pm ~ 4pm (Last appointment is at 3:30pm)
Location: Sendai Navic, 4-4-35 Ichibancho, Aoba-ku, SendaiIshinomaki
Date: November 15, 2014
Time: 12pm ~ 4pm (Last appointment is at 3:30pm)
Location: AEON MALL Ishinomaki, 4-104 Akanedaira, Ishinomaki