Dr. Wayne Tuckson talks with Connie White, MD, the deputy commissioner for clinical affairs at the Kentucky Department for Public Health, about the continuing rise of type 2 diabetes in Kentucky. They also discuss the role of diet and exercise in the prevention and management of diabetes and also how diabetes can be a risk factor for potential COVID-19 complications.

Kentucky Health: Reducing the Burden of Diabetes in Kentucky airs Sunday, Dec. 20, at 12:30 pm/11:30 am on KET.

Kentucky Health is a weekly KET program that seeks to improve the people’s health through education and increased awareness. Kentucky Health is hosted by Dr. Wayne Tuckson, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville, and produced by Laura Krueger.

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