Crozer-Keystone Center for Diabetes to present free presentation featuring appearance by NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins

Posted by Press Release on November 3, 2010

Professional basketball great Dominique
Wilkins will make an appearance at an upcoming free, informative presentation
offered by the Crozer-Keystone Center for Diabetes on Nov. 10 from noon to 1 p.m.
at the Healthplex^Ò Sports Club, 194 W. Sproul Rd. in Springfield. The event
is free and open to the public.

Mary Jane McDevitt, R.N., B.S.N.,
CDE, director of the Center for Diabetes, will talk about nutrition and
diabetes prevention; exercise and its relationship with diabetes; obesity and
its relationship to insulin resistance; and understanding diabetes terminology.

After McDevitt’s presentation, Wilkins, who has type 2
diabetes, will speak about his experiences of living with the disease and his recommendations
for following a healthy lifestyle. Wilkins will greet attendees following the
presentation. Wilkins, nicknamed the “Human Highlight Film,” played 16 years in
the NBA and was a nine-time All-Star and two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion.
He entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

For more information about the event, call 610-328-8920. For
more information about the Center for Diabetes, visit http://diabetes.crozer.org.