Grain Foods Foundation welcomes diabetes expert to scientific advisory board
The Grain Foods Foundation announced the addition of Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator Angela Ginn-Meadow to its Scientific Advisory Board. Ginn-Meadow brings to the position her expertise in diabetes and endocrine disorders along with her experience helping people make healthier choices in their everyday lives. In this role, she will help shape the Foundation’s programming to showcase the health benefits of grain-based foods and create meaningful education initiatives to address one of the worst health crises in America: diabetes.
With more than 29 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes and 86 million more classified as pre-diabetic, the country is at both a health and economic tipping point. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as one in three U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050; further burdening our healthcare system, which already estimates that diabetes and prediabetes cost more than $322 billion in medical treatment (or one of every five healthcare dollars in the U.S.) each year. Despite these staggering statistics, type 2 diabetes is a disease that can be managed and prevented through diet and behavioral changes.