Westchester Health Tips

Cataracts affect nearly 22 million Americans age 40 and older. By age 80, more than half of all Americans will have cataracts. However, more than 90 percent of the people who have cataract surgery regain useful vision.

Type-2 diabetes has been on the rise for the last 25 years, mainly due to poor dietary choices. Looking at the glycemic index of foods to determine how quickly foods become glucose in our systems, diet is a way to combat both obesity and a lifestyle disease like diabetes.

Di­a­betes af­fects about 200,000 chil­dren in the Unit­ed States. Di­a­betes man­age­ment is 24/7 for chil­dren and par­ents deal­ing with the dis­ease; di­a­betes doesn’t take a break dur­ing school hours.

The experts at the Weight-control Information Network (WIN) want to make sure every dad is feeling jubilant and healthy this Father’s Day and for many more to follow. So, what can dad do to stay healthy?