Healthy Living: Diabetes Resources¹

Linda B. Bobroff and Paulina Wittkowsky²

For information on diabetes, or to be referred to a diabetes-health professional and/or a dietitian in your area, contact any of the following sources.

American Diabetes Association

1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383)

Attn: National Call Center

1701 N. Beauregard St.

Alexandria, VA 22311

http://www.diabetes.org

Florida Offices of the American Diabetes Association

To contact your local American Diabetes Association, call toll-free 1-888-DIABETES.

Jacksonville – North Florida

904-730-7200

8384 Baymeadows Rd., Suite 10

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Miami – South Florida

305-477-8999

8405 NW 53rd St., Suite A-101

Miami, FL 33166

Maitland – Central Florida

407-660-1926

1101 N. Lake Destiny Rd., Suite 415

Maitland, FL 32751

Florida Department of Elder Affairs

1-800-96ELDER (1-800-963-5337)

Area Agencies on Aging

You can find the number for your area office in the white pages of the phone book.

County Extension Offices

You can find the number for your local Extension office in the blue pages of the phone book under Cooperative Extension Service. In Florida, locate your county Extension office on the Internet at http://www.solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/map.

The American Dietetic Association

Contact the nutrition information line at 1-800-366-1655 or request information by mail:

120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000

Chicago, IL 60606-6995

Footnotes

This document is FCS8576, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences; Florida Cooperative Extension Service; Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; University of Florida; Gainesville 32611. First published: March 2000. Revised: February 2006, November 2010. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/.

Linda B. Bobroff, PhD, RD, LD/N, professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences; Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; University of Florida; Gainesville 32611. Leaflet design by Paulina Wittkowsky, MS, RD, formerly with the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Nick T. Place, Dean.

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