Cole County Health Department

The Cosmopolitan Diabetes Education Community Program

This diabetes education program consists of a two-hour survival skills session with a one-hour nutrition session the following week. It also includes a one-hour follow up an dA1C draw in three months.

The group class will be held at the Cole County Health Department, 1616 Industrial Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109.

What will I learn?

• What is Diabetes Mellitus?

• What do your numbers mean?

• What is a carbohydrate?

• The highs and lows of blood sugar.

• How does food and activity impact your blood sugar?

• Diabetes medications

• Your support stem

Registration

• There is no class fee. Applicants must complete an application that can be obtained by calling Mary Telhorst, RN, Cole County Health Department, (573) 636-2181, ext. 3107.

Eligibility: You must have no insurance; insurance that does not cover diabetes education; or Medicaid insurance.

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Free Smoking Cessation

The Cole County Health Department (CCHD) will be offering smoking cessation counseling free to the public. Free nicotine replacement patches will be provided by Missouri Foundation for Health, for those people that qualify.

Call the CCHD at 573-636-2181, EXT 3107 for more information.

Be Fit Family (BFF) Healthy Lifestyle Program

Be Fit Family is an eight week program that gives parents and their child a healthy foundation for lifetime weight management with a focus on establishing healthy eating and physical activity habits. The BFF Program is taught by area physical therapists, personal trainers, and registered dietitians. The program begins Tuesday, September 7 and ends Tuesday, October 26, 2010. To be eligible the child must be in the 5th - 8th grade. Click here for more details on how to register.

 Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Product Recalls: Salmonella

The HVP (Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein) Recall is expected to be ongoing and have an extensive product list. There is a searchable database with a complete listing of the products currently identified as part of the recall which you can reach by clicking here. While the complete product list is currently eight pages long and expected to grow we will not send an alert on every single product unless the state Department of Health has identified the situation as changing dramatically. If you would like a complete listing as we get updates (expected 2-3 times a week) we will fax you this list as we get it but it will also include what you received today in the original Fax. In an effort not to clog your faxes with information that is available to you online and by other means, the Cole County Health Department will not be forwarding each individual product recall/update to you.  Businesses that do distribute/sell these types of products that contain HVP must review the product list on an ongoing basis and remove items from your shelves as you become aware.  If you wish to have the complete list faxed or emailed please notify our front desk at 573-636-2181 that you would like to receive the complete product recall list as it becomes available and how you wish to receive it email or fax.

Pistachio Product Recalls:
Salmonella

The FDA and the California Department of Public Health continue to investigate Salmonella contamination in pistachios and pistachio products.  Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., Terra Bella, Calif., is voluntarily expanding its recall of roasted pistachios to include all lots of roasted in-shell pistachios and roasted shelled pistachios that were produced from nuts harvested in 2008.  The firm is also recalling those raw shelled pistachios from the 2008 crop that are not subsequently roasted prior to retail sale. The pistachios may be contaminated with Salmonella. 

For a current list of recalled products click here; Search and browse the Pistachio Recalled Products List